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The New Colossus at Wikisource. " The New Colossus " is a sonnet by American poet Emma Lazarus (1849–1887). She wrote the poem in 1883 to raise money for the construction of a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty ( Liberty Enlightening the World ). [2] In 1903, the poem was cast onto a bronze plaque and mounted inside the pedestal's lower level.
On October 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty was unveiled by President Grover Cleveland in front of thousands of spectators. (Cleveland, as Governor of the State of New York, had earlier vetoed a bill by the New York legislature to contribute $50,000 to building of the pedestal.) [17] The Statue of Liberty functioned as a lighthouse from 1886 to ...
Statue of Liberty (juggling), a juggling pattern variant of the shower pattern. "Statue of Liberty" (song), a 1978 song by XTC. Statue of Liberty Bike, a bespoke Orange County Choppers motorcycle dedicated to the statue and freedom, that incorporates artifacts and materials from the statue. Statue of Liberty Division, a U.S. Army unit.
77th Sustainment Brigade. The 77th Sustainment Brigade is a unit of the United States Army that inherited the lineage of the 77th Infantry Division ("Statue of Liberty" [1] ), which served in World War I and World War II. Its headquarters has been at Fort Dix, New Jersey, since its predecessor command, the 77th Regional Readiness Command, was ...
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi ( / bɑːrˈtɒldi, - ˈθɒl -/ bar-T (H)OL-dee, [1] [2] French: [fʁedeʁik oɡyst baʁtɔldi]; April 2, 1834 – October 4, 1904) was a French sculptor and painter. He is best known for designing Liberty Enlightening the World, commonly known as the Statue of Liberty. [3]
www .statueofunity .in. The Statue of Unity is a tribute to the Indian leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, unveiled on 31 October 2018. This statue is a patriotic symbol of the legacy of a man who spent his life in the struggle for freedom. As a mark of respect the government built the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai naming it a statue of unity.
United Kingdom. Replica of the Statue of Liberty in Leicester, England. A 17 ft (5.2 m), 9,200 kg (9.2 tons) replica stood atop the Liberty Shoe factory in Leicester, England, until 2002 when the building was demolished. The statue was put into storage while the building was replaced.
