The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor within New York City, in the United States. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to thePeople of the U.S., was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and its metal framework was built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue is a figure of Libertas, a robed Roman liberty goddess. She holds a torch above her head with her right hand, and in her left hand carries a tabula ansata inscribed JULY IV MDCCLXXVI, the date of the US Declaration of Independence.
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The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor within New York City, in the United States. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to thePeople of the U.S., was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and its metal framework was built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue is a figure of Libertas, a robed Roman liberty goddess. She holds a torch above her head with her right hand, and in her left hand carries a tabula ansata inscribed JULY IV MDCCLXXVI, the date of the US Declaration of Independence. It was dedicated on October 28, 1886. Since 1933 it has been maintained by the National Park Service as part of the Statue ofLiberty National Monument, and is a major tourist attraction. The monument was temporarily closed from March 16, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic until partially reopening on July 20, 2020. Public access to the balcony around the torch has been barred since 1916, and the statue is not open to the general public. The Statue ofliberty.org is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting freedom and liberty in all its forms. It is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization that was established by the French government on July 1, 1961, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the American Civil War. The organization is funded by donations from individuals, corporations, foundations, and governments. It has been the subject of a number of lawsuits, including a federal lawsuit against the City of New York and the State of New Jersey for $1.5 billion.
The U. S. Supreme Court has ruled that the statue should not be removed from Liberty Island, as it is a symbol of the city’s welcoming attitude to immigrants arriving by sea. The decision to keep the statue in Liberty Island is a matter of public record, and will be decided by a vote of the City’s residents in a referendum on July 15, 2015. The current owner, Liberty Island LLC, is a private company based in Staten Island, New York, that was founded by a group of French citizens in 1881. The company was founded in 1883 by a former member of the French National Assembly, and it was incorporated into the New York Stock Exchange in 1884. The name Liberty Island comes from the French word for liberty, which means “liberty” or “liberation” in French. The motto “Liberty Island” means “the island of liberty” and “libertas” (liberty”). The statue was dedicated by President Grover Cleveland in 1886 in a ceremony presided over by PresidentGrover Cleveland. The head and the torch-bearing arm were completed before the statue was fully designed, and these pieces were exhibited for publicity at international expositions. The torch- bearing arm was displayed at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876 and in Madison Square Park in Manhattan from 1876 to 1882.
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