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Lady Liberty Statue

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The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World can be found in the middle of the New York Harbor in Manhattan, New York City, commonly known as Ellis Island. The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World is known by several different names such as “Lady Liberty”, “The Lady”, or simply “the statue.” The Statue of Liberty stands at approximately 151 feet 1 inch tall, that is measuring from the torch to the base. Lady Liberty was given to the United States as a gift from the French. She proudly stands as an icon to all visitors symbolizing American history, American opportunity, and American democracy. As the American Civil War came to a close in 1865, Edouard de Laboulaye made a proposal to create a statue to give the United States as a gift. The statue was created by a sculptor known for large scale sculptors, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. Since this was a combined effort between the Americans and the French, the Americans began work on fundraising for the pedestal. The pedestal was created by the American architect Richard Morris Hunt. The statue was finally completed in 1885, but in order to transport it to New York from France the statue had to be broken down in to several pieces and put …show more content…

through New York between the years of 1886-1924. Seeing the statue was a sign for all newcomers that there was opportunity for them once they landed in America. In 1892 the immigrant processing station opened on Ellis Island. Immigrants were passed through lines of medical and legal inspections to determine if they were fit for entry. In 1965 Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Hart-Cellar Act, this act allowed more people from third world countries to enter the U.S. and establish a separate quota for refugees. “ A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame is the imprisoned lightening, and her name Mother of Exiles.”, this is the poem written by Emma Lazarus that is found on the base of the Statue of Liberty. This is used as a symbol of

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