The Statue of Liberty Next
The Statue of Liberty is a colossal sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frederic Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886. The statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, is of a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom, who bears a torch and a a tablet evoking the law upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. A broken chain lies at her feet. The statue has become an icon of freedom and of the United States.
Can you answer the following questions?
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- The Statue of Liberty lives on
- Liberty Island in New York Harbor
- The Statue of Liberty was a gift from
- the nation of France.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_liberty
