The Statue of Liberty
You may not know that the Statue of Liberty was actaully not an original idea of the Americans. Actually, it was shipped from France and sent to the U.S. to be built. “It commemorates the friendship between the two countries during the American Revolution” (Stokely). And since the American Revolution, it has greeted the immigrants coming to the New York Harbor, guarenting freedom and opportunity to them. The Statue of Liberty is a 151 foot-tall building, that indicates American freedom and was dedicated in 1876. In 1924, the statue became a national monument, and in 1933 it was cared for by the National Park Service. Liberty Island and Ellis Island were conbined as the Statue of Liberty National Monument in 1965.
The statue
You may not know that the Statue of Liberty was actaully not an original idea of the Americans. Actually, it was shipped from France and sent to the U.S. to be built. “It commemorates the friendship between the two countries during the American Revolution” (Stokely). And since the American Revolution, it has greeted the immigrants coming to the New York Harbor, guarenting freedom and opportunity to them. The Statue of Liberty is a 151 foot-tall building, that indicates American freedom and was dedicated in 1876. In 1924, the statue became a national monument, and in 1933 it was cared for by the National Park Service. Liberty Island and Ellis Island were conbined as the Statue of Liberty National Monument in 1965.
The statue