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Title: The Statue of Liberty


1
The Statue of Liberty
  • By Heather J. McEligot

2
  • The Statue of Liberty is one of the best known
    American landmarks. It was a gift to the United
    States from France to honor their alliance during
    the American Revolution on July 4, 1884 to
    commemorate the 100 anniversary of the American
    Revolution. It was dedicated on October 28, 1886.

3
Liberty Island
  • The Statue of Liberty is located on Liberty
    Island, which was once known as Bedloe's Island.
  • Liberty Island is located in the New York harbor
    near Ellis Island. The statue welcomed new
    immigrants to the United States who entered the
    country through Ellis Island between 1892 and
    1954.

4
The Designers
  • The Statue of Liberty was designed by the French
    sculptor Frédéric Bartholdi.
  • The figure was formed of copper sheets wrapped
    into an iron framework as part of a support
    system devised by the French civil engineer
    Alexandre Gustave Eiffel.
  • The pedestal was designed by the American
    architect Richard Morris Hunt.

5
Measurements of Lady Liberty
  • Total weight of statue 450,000 pounds (225
    tons)
  • Total height of the statue 111 feet, 1 inch tall

6
Lady Libertys Shoe Size
  • Length of sandal
  • 25'-0"
  • US Women's Shoe Size based on standard formula
    879
  • (Length (inches) 7.333 (US Women's
    Size-1/3)

7
Lady Libertys Crown
  • 7 Spikes in the Crown represent- Either Seven
    Seas   Arctic, Antarctic, North South
    Atlantic, North
  • South Pacific, Indian.- Or Seven
    Continents   North and South America, Europe,
    Asia,
  • Africa, Antarctica, Australia

8
How many steps would it take to get to the top?
  • Steps to crown 354 steps (22 stories). This
    height is not recommended for those with health
    problems.
  • Steps from ground to top of pedestal 192

9
The New Colossus
  • Originally conceived as a gesture of
    international friendship, the statue has become a
    global symbol of freedom.
  • Marking the arrival of millions of immigrants to
    the U.S.
  • In 1903 the sonnet The New Colossus by the U.S.
    poet Emma Lazarus was inscribed at the main
    entrance to the pedestal.

10
  • Emma Lazarus

Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled
masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched
refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the
homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp
beside the golden door!
11
Can you go inside the statue?
  • The Statue has been closed since September 11,
    2001 when the World Trade Center was destroyed by
    terrorists, the longest closure in its history,
    exceeding the period of closure for the two-year
    restoration in 1986.
  • It reopened August 3, 2004. Visitors are only
    allowed to climb the statue's 154-foot-tall
    pedestal and thecrown remains closed.

12
Web References
  • http//www.kidport.com/RefLib/SocialStudies/Landma
    rks/StatueLiberty.htm
  • http//www.endex.com/gf/buildings/liberty/libertyf
    acts.htm
  • http//www.endex.com/gf/buildings/liberty/solnews/
    sol20usat20040206.htm
  • http//www.historychannel.com/perl/print_book.pl?I
    D214751

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Image References
  • Slide 1 The Statue of Liberty
    http//www.kidport.com/RefLib/SocialStudies/Landma
    rks/StatueLiberty.htm
  • Slide 2 France Flag and United States Flag
  • http//www.exelonenergy.com/.../
    499_france_flag.gifhttp//www.gotomymall.com/usa/
  • Slide 3 View of Fort Woods Wall
  • http//www.endex.com/gf/buildings/liberty/solfo
    rtwood.htm
  • Slide 4 Postage Stamp
  • http//www.endex.com/gf/buildings/liberty/lib
    ertyfacts.htm
  • Slide 5 Measurements of Lady Liberty
    http//www.endex.com/gf/buildings/liberty/libertyf
    acts.htm

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Image References
  • Slide 6 Lady Libertys Feet
    http//www.endex.com/gf/buildings/liberty/libertyf
    acts.htm
  • Slide 7 Lady Libertys Crown
  • http//www.nationaltrust.org/Magazine/archiv
    es/arc_news/080304.htm
  • Slide 8 The Statue of Liberty
  • http//www.bernhardt.org.uk/images/usa/sta
    tue20of20liberty.JPG
  • Slide 9 The The New Colossushttp//www.endex.com
    /gf/buildings/liberty/libertyfacts.htm
  • Slide 10 Emma Lazarus
  • http//www.boloji.com/literature/00104.htm
  • Slide 11 Statue of Liberty with Twin Towers
  • http//www.nps.gov/remembrance/statue/
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