The large copper statue that stands on Liberty Island
in New York Harbor is a remembrance of our
Nations FREEDOM.
France gave the statue to America in 1884 as a symbol
of friendship and of the liberty that citizens enjoy under
a free form of government. The statues proper name
is Liberty Enlightening the World.
The statue represents a proud woman, dressed in a loose
robe that falls in graceful folds to the top of the pedestal
on which the statue stands. The right arm holds a great
torch raised high in the air. The left arm grasps a tablet
bearing the date of the Declaration of
Independence. A
crown with huge spikes, like sun rays, rest on her head.
At her feet is a broken shackle, which symbolizes
the overthrow of tyranny.
