The idea for the statue originated in 1865 with Edouard de Laboulaye, a French educator and the author of several books on the United States, as a response to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. - Eric Foner, Give Me Liberty Volume 2 page 585
the idea of statue of liberty was to show the friendship between france and usa during the revolution of usa in 1886
Edouard Rene de Laboulaye, the creator and fundraiser for the idea of the Statue of Liberty, and Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, were both French Freemasons.
Edouard Laboulaye
The idea of the Statue of Liberty was started in the early 1870's. The artist did not actually start on the statue until 1875. The Statue of Liberty was finished in 1885 and erected in 1886 in New York Harbor. The entire statue is made of copper and weighs 62,000 pounds not including the base.
We have no idea who has the map now, or where they have taken it. But the Statue of Liberty itself is located at 40.6892° north latitude 74.0446° west longitude.
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi's
Architect: Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
Emma Lazarus in her poem "The New Colossus" identifies the Statue of Liberty with the concept of freedom and democracy. She refers to the statue as the "Mother of Exiles" and emphasizes the idea of welcoming immigrants to America.
The Statue of Liberty\'s epithet is "Liberty Enlightening the World." This phrase was inscribed on a plaque at the Statue\'s base in 1903. The phrase is commonly abbreviated to its initialsLEW.The phrase was chosen by the French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi and is intended to reflect the statue\'s symbolism of freedom and democracy. It is meant to represent the idea that liberty is a light that guides nations towards a brighter future.
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France.It came from France as a gift.The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the people of the United States by the people of France. Building of the Statue of Liberty started in 1875, and was finally complete in 1884 when it was dismantled and shipped to Bedloe's Island, New York, where it arrived in 1885 inside 214 wooden packing crates. The Statue was finally unveiled on October 28, 1886.
For immigrants the Statue of Liberty was a symbol of liberty and opportunity. The main idea of the poem was to welcome immigrants to a new land. The Statue was the first thing that immigrants saw. Immigrants were surprised and happy because they probably have never seen a statue like that before.
Hopefully that never happens, but if it did it would not be good. I suppose they'd get to the bottom of who did it, clean up, and even rebuild. The statue of Liberty is to important, so they most likely would rebuild. I have no idea.