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Naval Air Facility Atsugi (厚木海軍飛行場, Atsugi Kaigun-hikōjō) ( IATA: NJA, ICAO: RJTA) is a joint Japan-US naval air base located in the cities of Yamato and Ayase in Kanagawa, Japan. It is the largest United States Navy (USN) air base in the Pacific Ocean and once housed the squadrons of Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5), which deploys ...
Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県, Kanagawa-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. [2] Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at 3,800 inhabitants per square kilometre (9,800/sq mi). Its geographic area of 2,415 km 2 (932 sq mi) makes it ...
National Park Service, Statue of Liberty NM. With the abolition of slavery and the Union's victory in the Civil War in 1865, Laboulaye's wishes of freedom and democracy were turning into a reality in the United States. In order to honor these achievements, Laboulaye proposed that a gift be built for the United States on behalf of France.
Sep 20, 2017 · National Book Award winner Dave Eggers tells the story of the building of the statue in his new picture book "Her Right Foot." He also uses the statue's seeming mobility to teach kids about ...
Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty [a] (officially named Liberty Enlightening the World [1] and sometimes referred to as Lady Liberty) is a monument symbolizing the United States .The statue is placed on Liberty Island, near New York City Harbor. The statue commemorates the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.
Jun 27, 2023 · The Statue of Liberty, officially Liberty Enlightening the World, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and Gustave Eiffel, was a gift to the United States from the people of France in 1886. With a tablet inscribed with the date of America’s independence, a broken chain beside one foot symbolizing the abolition of slavery, and a guiding ...
The statue depicts a female figure, Lady Commerce, dressed in classical clothes, holding a trident in her left hand and reaching down with her right. The statue is above street level and faces a relatively narrow, tree-lined street. The statue is 34 feet 10 inches (10.62 m) high and weighs 6.5 short tons (5,900 kg).
