Erecting Pedestal For The Statue
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Erecting Pedestal For The Statue
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The pedestal for the Statue of Liberty in the process of being erected; pedestal was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886. The statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, is of a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. The statue is an icon of freedom and of the United States a welcoming signal to immigrants arriving from abroad. Richard Morris Hunt, 1886.
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July 21st, 2022
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