Today is the anniversary of the dedication of the Statue of Liberty in 1886.  The ceremony was hosted by Pres. Cleveland.

Interesting facts about the Statue of Liberty:

               –  it was first proposed by French Edouard de Laboulaye to commemorate the American-French alliance in the Revolutionary War

                –  it was originally called “Liberty Enlightening the World”

                –  it was sculpted by Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi;  the structural engineer was Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel

                –  the face is supposedly Bartholdi’s mother Charlotte

                –  it was started in 1875 and completed in 1884 , reassembled in America and dedicated in 1886

                –  a smaller version (35 feet tall) was dedicated to Americans living in Paris and is still on an island in the Seine River a mile from the Eiffel Tower

                –  the crown has 25 windows and 7 spikes (one for each of the seven seas)

                –  the tablet has the date July 4, 1776 in Roman numerals

                –  it is 152’ from the base to the torch and 305’ to the tip of the torch

                –  there are 192 steps from the ground to the top of the pedestal and 354 more to the crown

                –  the index finger is 8 feet long

                –  the sandal size is 879

                –  from 1886-1902 it was a functional lighthouse

                –  a new torch was put on in 1986

Amazing 499-500


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