it was made for the u.s. it represents freedom, it was a gift from France!
France was thanking us for freedom by giving us a giant bronze statue.
The statue that lies on top of the Capital building is the "Statue of Freedom" designed by architect Thomas Crawford. His design was approved in 1855. There is a link to an article about this statue below.
The statue of Freedom.
The Statue of Freedom
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The Statue of Freedom
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it was a statue to honor different religions and freedom of those different religions.
Thomas Jefferson drafted it in 1777, but did not introduce it until 1779.
No, she is the Statue of Freedom.
The French made the Statue of Liberty in honor of America's freedom. The sheets of molded copper and the framework were shipped in pieces to the US and assembled here.