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The statue arrived in New York Harbor on June 17, 1885 on board the French frigate Isère commanded by Lespinasse De Saune. It arrived in parts. A section of the arm was displayed at the American Centennial in Philadelphia.
The Statue of Liberty is a neo-classical statue that is located on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. The statue was designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and was a gift to the people of the United State from the people of France as a symbol of friendship and to commemorate U.S. independence from Great Britain. The statue was dedicated on October 28th, 1886, though it was originally intended to be given as a centennial gift for 1876.
Frederic Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty (officially known as "Liberty Enlightening the World") was presented to the United States by France in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence in 1876. While the arm holding the torch was displayed at the Centennial Exposition in 1876, the statue largely sat in unassembled pieces for 10 years because because nobody here knew what to do with it. It was not until after publisher Joseph Pulitzer began soliciting donations that the statue was finally assembled and dedicated on what was then known as Bedloe's Island in New York harbor in 1886.
To many Americans she also conveyed a profoundly personal message. The millions of immigrants who were landing at New York City in the early twentieth century saw in this majestic figure their first intimation of a new life. In her uplifted arm they read a message of welcome that said, "This vast republic wants me!" By 1910 public schools in some large cities were reenacting in pageants (with a teacher as the statue) the gathering of immigrants into an inclusive nation.The use of the statue to identify America with an active promotion of freedom received further emphasis in the Liberty Bond drives and parades of World War I and from the ideological mobilization of the United States against totalitarian regimes during and after World War II.In domestic affairs, embattled images of the statue also energized campaigns for civil liberties and women's rights.
She was officially dedicated in 1886. She stands 300 ft in the air on Liberty Island in NY Harbor, weighs 225 tons, has a 35 foot waist, her right arm is 42 feet long and her index finger is 8 feet. Her head is 10 feet wide and her nose is 4.5 feet long and each eye is 2.5 feet wide. She can withstand a 150 mile an hour gale. The iron framework was planned and built by Gustave Eiffel, the builder of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It came to the United States in 214 crates.
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The arm of The Statue of Liberty was displayed in Madison Square Park in 1876 to raise money for the statue's pedestal. Her actual name is "Liberty Enlightening the World".
The statue of Liberty has a width of 17 feet (5.3 m) at the gallery windows, 10 feet (3m) at the upper face and 35 feet (10m) at the waist.
The Statue of Liberty's right arm and torch stood in Manhattan's Madison Square for about ten years prior to the dedication of the Statue on Liberty Island. (see: http://www.answers.com/topic/statue-of-liberty)
The arm was displayed in a Philadelphia exhibition marking.
The arm was displayed in a Philadelphia exhibition marking.
The Statue of Liberty stairs are spiralling inside the body and the arm.
There's a long, narrow ladder inside the arm that maintenance people can climb to perform this and other maintenance functions on the torch.
A forty-foot-high section of the right arm, with the hand clasping the torch of liberty, was sent to the United States and displayed at the 1876 Philadelphia exhibition marking the one-hundredth birthday of the United States.
On the statue of liberty, Miss Liberty is carrying the torch in her right hand.
It was a gift from the people of France The original name was Lady Liberty Enlightening the World. Part of its arm arrived in time for the 1876 American Centennial in Philadelphia.