Latest: Statue of Liberty NM @StatueEllisNPS · 2h It’s a foggy, dreary day just like it was 134 years ago! #OTD October 28th, 1886: the people of the U.S. officially accepted the #StatueofLiberty from the people of #France! #HBD...
Lady Liberty has a twin on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean! http://www.nyhabitat.com/blog/2016/08/24/experience-brittany-vieilles-charrues-new-york-2016/ Latest: Come On New York! Let’s help our wonderful friends at BZH and French Morning by purchasing tickets for their Vieilles...
L’ Isère. The ship which carried the Statue of Liberty from Rouen in France to New York in 1885. Around 80 tonnes of copper and 20 tonnes of metallic framework composed the dismantled parts carefully stored in wooden crates….....
3 illus.: 1. Official presentation of the Statue of “Liberty enlightening the world,” Paris, July 4th, 1884 – 2. M. Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi – 3. Sectional view of statue, showing iron core and braces. Library of Congress...