Statue of
Liberty
Oprea Alexandru
• The Statue of Liberty, officially
named the Statue of Liberty Enlightening
the World, sits on the 12-acre Liberty
Island in New York Harbor. This national
monument, along with Ellis Island, has
represented freedom from tyranny,
financial hardship and suffering for many
immigrants since the late 1800s. The
French gave the Statue of Liberty to the
United States as a gift to mark the
centennial of the American Declaration
of Independence.
The Statue of Liberty was
built 28 October 1886
•The French gave the statue to the American people
as a sign of friendship between France and America.
Over the years, the monument has been recognized
not only as the embodiment of friendship between
the two nations (which moved far to the secondary
plan), but also a symbol of freedom of the American
people, the United States and a symbol of New York
City as a whole
•There was a deadline - in 1876 it
was necessary to complete the
monument, in conjunction with
the centennial of the Declaration
of Independence. Americans
worked on a pedestal and the
statue itself was created in France.
In New York, the Statue of Liberty
all the parts were assembled into a
single unit
•After construction began, it became clear that you need a lot more money than originally
planned. On both sides of the Atlantic it was initiated large- scale campaign to raise funds,
lotteries, charity concerts, and other events. When calculating the design parameters of a
huge statue of Bartholdi required the assistance of an experienced engineer. Alexander
Gustave Eiffel, the creator of the Eiffel Tower, personally developed a design support and a
strong iron frame, which allows the copper shell of the statue to move freely, while
maintaining the balance of the monument.
•History of the Statue of Liberty, as well as places where
it was built - is closely connected with the history of the
United States. The monument was placed on the
pedestal in Fort Wood, which was built specially for the
War of in the form of stars. The first few decades of
complex serviced office lighthouses US, and only in it
became a national monument. After years they had
expanded the area of the monument to the borders of
the whole island Bedlow, in 1956, renamed it Liberty
Island
In 1982 it was carried out
restoration of the monument
•President Ronald Reagan personally oversaw the
process of appointing the manager Lee Yakokka. Again
it initiated fundraising and collected 87 million dollars.
Money in this time managed to collect in a fairly short
period of time, which was the most successful
example of cooperation between the state and the
private sector in the history of the United States. In
1984, the Statue of Liberty was included among the
monuments of world importance. On July 5, 1986, in
honor of the centenary of the monument, the
complex was re-opened to the public, this time
managed to get it all on time for 10 years
•To the top of the statue are 354 steps, and the top of the
podium windows arranged crown that symbolizes the jewels
of the Earth and the sun's rays illuminate the world. The
seven rays of the Statue's crown to symbolize the seven seas
and seven continents. The plate, which holds a statue in his
left hand, says: "July 4, 1776." To tide the statue was
consumed 31 tons of copper, and the total weight of the steel
structure was 125 tons. The weight of the cement base
thousand tons, and the thickness of the copper plating of the
statue mm
•9 After September 11, 2001 the
statue and the island were closed
because of the terrorist threat, but
in 2009 the tour was resumed. You
can climb to the very statue and
her crown and torch still closed. All
visitors are subjected to personal
examination in order to prevent an
act of terrorism
•An interesting fact is also that the
wind speed of 100 km / h is rocking the
monument to 7.62 cm, while the torch
will be rocking at 12.7 cm. During a
solemn speech at the opening
ceremony of the statue October 28,
1886, President Grover Cleveland said
the following speech:"We will always
remember that the freedom to choose
the place of his house, and the altar it
will never cover the forgetfulness."
Bibliography
•https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty
•https://www.nps.gov/stli/index.htm
•https://www.britannica.com/topic/Statue-of-Liberty
•https://www.statueofliberty.org/statue-of-liberty/
•https://www.history.com/topics/landmarks/statue-of-liberty
•https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/307/
