The Statue of Liberty

By Maria Alicia Cervellino Jara

The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable icons of the united states, and in a more general sense, represents liberty, democracy, and scape from opression. The statue depicts a woman standing upright, dressed in a flowing robe and a seven point spiked crown representing the seven seas and seven continents. hold a stone tablet close to her body in her left hand, shows the date of the nation’s birth (July 4, 1776) and a flaming torch high in her right hand signifies enlightenment. The statue has acquired a new meaning as a symbol of welcome to immigrants. The statue is made of pure copper on a framework of steel. The statue was a gift of friendship given to the United States by France in 1886. It is located on Liberty Island, in New York city on liberty island in the Hudson riber. The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on October 28,1886, designated as a National Monument in 1924 and restored for her centennial on july 4, 1986. The statue was constructed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi as An inspiring symbol of America, the structural framework given as a gift from France in honor of the first centennial of the United States. The pedestral construction was finished in April of 1886. The Statue was completed in France in July, 1884 and arrived in New York Harbor in June of 1885 on board the France which transported the Statue of Liberty from France to the United States. In transit, the Statue was reduced to 350 individual pieces and packed in 214 crates. The Statue was re-assembled on her new pedestal in four months times. On October 28,1886, the dedication of the Statue of Liberty took place in front of thousands of spectators.