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.
France and the United States both raised money in order to complete the project. It was France's idea to present America with "Lady Liberty," to celebrate the centennial (1876).
Edouard Laboulaye
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.
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.
Architect: Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi's
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.
It took nine years before the Statue of Liberty was completed in 1884. it was a gift to the United States and had to be taken apart in order to send it. This icon of freedom had to be put back together piece by piece by the United States and dedicated on October 28, 1886.
It was copper, but then over the years it rained and got wet and it was shipped all over the world that it turned green.They were thinking of removing the green, but they didnt because the green actually protects the statue of liberty.