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Statue of Liberty Facts
The Statue of Liberty is located on Liberty Island, in the New
York harbor,USA.
The Statue of Liberty commemorates the American eclaration
ofInde!endence and was a "ift from the !eo!le of #rance.
The statue was assembled on its !edestal after bein" constructed
in #ranceand sent to the US in crates.
It was dedicated on $ctober %&, '&&(.
The Statue of Liberty was desi"ned by #rench scul!tor
#rederic)artholdi.
The female form re!resented by the scul!ture is based
onLibertas, the *oman "oddess of liberty. She holds a torch and
atabula ansata +tablet that has the date of the American
eclarationof Inde!endence inscribed in it +-uly , '//(.
A broken chain also lies at the feet of the statue which is hard
to see fromthe "round.
The o0cial name of the Statue of Liberty is 1Liberty
2nli"htenin" the 3orld4.
The statue has been closed for reno5ation a number of times,
includin"between '6& and '6&( when the torch and much of
the internal structurewas re!laced.
The Statue of Liberty stands '7' feet +( metres in hei"ht, and
897 feet+68 metres from the "round to the torch.
The head of the statue was dis!layed at the 3orld:s #air in
;aris, '&/&.
There was di0culty in the United States er was embraced by New
Yorkers andhel!ed !ush work forward. &9? of the donations were
of less than @'.
