STATUE OF LİBERTY

The statue of liberty is a huge statue in the middle of New York harbor

It was given to America by the French in 1886

The French gave the statue to America in representing international friendship

Over the years it is become a symbol of freedom and democracy

It was dedicated in 1886 and became a National Monument

in 1926

The statue is a female figure dressed in a row.Holding a stone tablet on one hand and a flaming torch on the right.

On her head she has the crown with seven spikes.There are twenty five windows in her crown

Height from pedestal to torch 46 metres with its pedestal 93 metres

There are 354 stairs to get to the crown.

The copper exterior

turned green due to rain

and it took 25 years.

The statue wears a crown with seven

spikes. This represents the 7

seas and 7 continents of the

world, re-enforcing the universal

concept of liberty.

The Statue holds a tablet in her left

hand. It is a book of law based on the

founding principles of this

nation, a nation based on law.

"Liberty Enlightening the World".

Windows of the crown

represent the heaven's rays of light that

shine over the 7 seas and

continents.

Broken chains of the statue of liberty demonstrates that the Statue is free from slavery and bondage.

The Statue of Liberty actually wears sandals. She is also not standing still. Even though the Statue stands on a pedestal, she is actually walking ahead

moving forward. She is lighting the path to freedom through

peace, not violence. Her footwear also suggests her

stature as a free person

The tablet of the statue holding is

included with the Roman numeral

july 4 1776.This is the day of US declaration of independence

Over 3 million people visits the Statue of Liberty every year

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