The Statue of Liberty, gifted to the American people, is accessible to the public The Statue of Liberty was not a gift to a specific government official nor the U.S. government.

Bartholdi called this location, now known as Liberty Island, the “gateway to America.” Despite her wait for a home, both American and French citizens had seen parts of the Statue of Liberty ...

Sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi liked the idea and began creating "Liberty Enlightening the World" in 1870. Some mock drawings of the statue included an Egyptian woman marking the ...

NEW YORK - Happy 138th birthday to the Statue of Liberty, an iconic landmark that is uniquely New York. The statue was dedicated on Oct. 28, 1886, to the cheering throngs of some one million New ...

PARIS (AP) — Hey, America: Give the Statue of Liberty back to France. So says a French politician who is making headlines in his country for suggesting that the U.S. is no longer worthy of the ...

French politician calls for Statue of Liberty to return to France. Here's why it won't happen FILE - The Statue of Liberty is seen from the Staten Island Ferry, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, in New York.

The Statue of Liberty, France's gift to the U.S., was originally viewed as a tribute to the end of slavery. But poet Emma Lazarus reimagined Lady Liberty as a "mother of exiles," welcoming ...