NYC - Statue of Liberty
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008On our first day in NYC, we had two famous American landmarks in mind. Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. Straight to the shoreline…I got my first glimpse of ‘Lady Liberty’…Peaking between the tide.
When we got to Liberty Island…we had to get the foam crown pix’s…and a couple mask of Liberty for fun.
Liberty Enlightening the World (in French: La liberté éclairant le monde - I know your impressed). Statue of Liberty (Statue de la Liberté), was presented to the United States by the people of France in 1886.
It stands at Liberty Island (part of New York but physically on the New Jersey side of New York Harbor) as a welcome to all visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans.
Lady Liberty was dedicated on October 28, 1886, commemorates the centennial of the United States and is a gesture of friendship from France to the U.S.
The statue is of a robed woman holding a lit flame. It stands atop a rectangular stonework pedestal with a foundation in the shape of an irregular eleven-pointed star. The statue is 151 ft tall, but with the pedestal and foundation, it is 305 ft tall.
Worldwide, the Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable icons of the United States, and, more generally, represents liberty and escape from oppression. The Statue of Liberty was, from 1886 until the jet age, often one of the first glimpses of the United States for millions of immigrants after ocean voyages from Europe.
The Crew on the overlook of the Liberty Pedestal…
Visually, the Statue of Liberty appears to draw inspiration…
There are 354 steps inside the statue and its pedestal. I did it Charles! (Baer Fitness - shameless plug)
_______________________________________________________________________
