AKasia--Statue+of+Liberty

**Did you know that the statue of liberty was originally a gift from France? It has also welcomed immigrants to America. This statue also symbolizes freedom for over a hundred years. **  **The statue of liberty is the most famous since the Colossus of Rhodes. It’s a gift from the French to show freedom. A lot of American’s cherish it because of it being a symbol of freedom to them. The statue of liberty also has a miniature twin in Paris, France. These are some reasons this place is important. ** **It came to be given from France to show their friendship from the American Revolution. During the 1800’s Alexandre Gustave Eiffel the builder of the Eiffel Tower designed the statue of liberty. The statue cost up to $250,000. When they built it mainly built with copper. It took about ten years for them to get finish with the statue. ** **This statue of liberty holds a pedestal in her right hand that has a sonnet on it written by a woman named Emma Lazarus. It also holds a tablet that is dated the day the Declaration of Independence was signed (July 4th). The statue of liberty is given a title; “Liberty Enlightening the world”. It’s titled this since the statue of liberty brought liberty and great memories to New York. ** **Recently many American’s still see the statue of liberty belonging to New York. The statue graces the entrance of New York harbor. President Calvin also declared that the statue is a national movement. He declared this national movement in 1924. ** **The statue is now used for people to come look at and visit on their own time. People aren’t allowed to go to the torch. Many American’s from different race visit there every day. Each staircase contains 142 steps that people can climb or just take the elevator up and down the statue. The sometimes give tours for the statue also. ** **Another important thing about the statue is that it’s just almost important than the twin towers. Every since the 9-11 terrorist attack it’s been under security watch. The stairs to the torch were also closed in 1916 it’s ** it’s now being used for maintaining equipment. There was also a four day festival attributing to a 100th year anniversary and a repair program that cost 66 million dollars. **I think that the future will still have the statue of liberty sitting on New York’s harbor. The statue holds great memories and shows owner ship to New York and many more. I think that the statue will continue to stand there for centuries to come. ** **Work Sited: **
 * “Statue of Liberty" **

__**Encyclopedias: **__
 * **"The Statue of liberty" Comton's Encyclopedia ** **

Books:

"Monuments" __Laura Brooks__ **"The Story of the Statue of Liberty" __Besty & Giulio Maestro__ ** __Articles:__ **"Design and Construction" __Anne Stokely__ ** <span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">"History and Maintenance" __Anne Stokely__ <span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">**<span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">"Gift from France" __Anne Stokely__ ** <span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">"Statue of Liberty" __Anne Stokely__