♦ June 17: The day
the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor in 1885. The Statue of Liberty
was a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of America. It
was intended to commemorate the American Revolution and a century of friendship
between the U.S. and France. The statue was designed by French sculptor
Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi (who modeled it after his own mother), with
assistance from engineer Gustave Eiffel (who later developed the iconic tower
in Paris bearing his name).
- history.com
♦ Seven: The number
of spikes on the crown of the Statue of Liberty. These seven spikes represent
the seven oceans and the seven continents of the world, indicating the
universal concept of liberty.
- telegraph.co.uk
♦ Lighthouse: U.S.
President, Grover Cleveland, ordered that the statue serve as a beacon. After
several failed attempts using the then-new electrical technology, the electric
arc lights were eventually lit and were able to be seen from a distance of
24-miles away. The statue functioned as a lighthouse for the next 16 years,
until March 1, 1902.
- adventure.howstuffworks.com
♦ 3: The number of
times the flame has been changed. Bartholdi’s original design of the flame was
for it to be constructed of copper and clad in gold. Hoping to make it more of
a navigational beacon, it was first changed so that portholes could be added
and it could appear to be lit from within. This idea failed, and Gutzon Borglum
(who later designed Mount Rushmore), made the second change by adding glass
panels and copper framing. Unfortunately, this design leaked terribly and
caused further deterioration within the statue. Finally, as part of the 1986
restoration project, Bartholdi’s original flame design was recreated and
installed and is visible today.
- stampsofdistinction.com
♦ Egypt: The
original recipient of the Statue of Liberty. The sculptor, Bartholdi, fell in
love with the Middle East in 1855. He returned to Egypt in 1869 with the
blueprint of a giant statue of a woman that would double as a lighthouse at the
entrance of the Suez Canal. But at the time, Egypt wasn’t reaping any of the
monetary benefits of the canal, and Bartholdi realized he could never put his
statue in Egypt because they didn’t have the financial means. After this
revelation, he traveled to New York and, as the ship entered the harbor,
Bartholdi spotted the deserted, oval island of Bedloe. It was perfect for his
statue, and between the French and the Americans, they were able to pay for the
statue.
- omg-facts.com
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