Friday marks 131 years since one of the most famous presents in history was delivered: the Statue of Liberty. The statue was a gift from France to the United States honoring the century of friendship ...

The Statue of Liberty was originally designed as a marker of liberation of African Americans and the end of the Civil War. That part of its history was overshadowed by a late design change to instead ...

The Statue of Liberty was the work of French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi. For more than a century, people have wondered about the model Bartholdi used for Lady Liberty. Historical records ...

(WDBJ) - President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty in New York’s Harbor October 28, 1886. The monument was proposed by a French activist in the 1860s as a gift from the French people ...

At the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., stands a 46-inch-tall model of an American icon – the Statue of Liberty – whose origin story may surprise you. "When this idea began, it was ...

The Statue of Liberty stood high and tall, bearing her torch of freedom and friendship between the U.S. and France. The monument had its fair share of mysteries, and a new revelation was out about its ...

What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize for different groups of people? Elementary school students can practice their “See, Think, Wonder” routine by observing two artworks that represent the Statue ...

Lauded as a symbol of welcome for immigrants who entered the United States through nearby Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty's original design had a different meaning. In fact, the inscription ...