Statue of Liberty

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a large copper statue, on Liberty Island, in New York harbor, depicting a woman holding a burning torch: designed by F. A. Bartholdi and presented to the U.S. by France; unveiled 1886.
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Statue of Liberty

noun

a monumental statue personifying liberty, in New York Harbor, on Liberty Island: a gift from France, erected in 1885 Official nameLiberty Enlightening the World

Statue of Liberty

A giant statue on an island in the harbor of New York City ; it depicts a woman representing liberty, raising a torch in her right hand and holding a tablet in her left. At its base is inscribed a poem by Emma Lazarus that contains the lines “ Give me your tired, your poor , / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Frederic Bartholdi, a Frenchman, was the sculptor. France gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States in the nineteenth century; it was shipped across the Atlantic Ocean in sections and reassembled. The statue was overhauled and strengthened in the 1980s.

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For many immigrants who came to the United States by ship in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Statue of Liberty made a permanent impression as the first landmark they saw as they approached their new home.

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It started its route heading towards the Statue of Liberty and pivoted north towards the George Washington Bridge.

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They may use names like “U.S. Immigration” and show pictures of American flags or the Statue of Liberty.

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I suggested we blow up the Statue of Liberty on page one.

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Just watch its first season’s opening credits, which open first on a shot of the Statue of Liberty, then downtown Manhattan, then a blurry taxi cab, whisking its passengers off to some fantastical cosmopolitan romp.

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The piece that underscores Tóth’s chaotic opening moments, from below deck of a ship to his sight of an upside-down Statue of Liberty, was actually a demo that Blumberg made in his London flat.

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