Statue: Liberty Enlightening the World

A dinner party event in 1865 which a gift from France to United States of America was conceived. Held in Glitigny, France(near Versailles), hosted by Edouard-Rene Lefebvre de Laboulaye (1811-1883). Laboulaye commented  "Wouldn't it be wonderful if people in France gave the United States a great monument as a lasting memorial to independence and thereby showed that the French government was also dedicated to the idea of human liberty?" Since then,
the Statue of Liberty, also known as “Liberty Enlightening the World,” was designed by French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi and funded completely through donations from the French people as well as the US government by raising fund too.

The miniature design was finalized by Bartholdi, the statue itself was created using wooden molds, a copper shell, and an iron structure designed by Gustave Eiffel, who later built the Eiffel Tower.

It was delivered to the American ambassador in Paris on July 4, 1884, the 151-foot-tall, 225-ton Statue of Liberty. The statue was dismantled into 300 pieces and packed into 214 wooden crates, just to transport Lady Liberty to New York. The Statue is just over 305 feet high from the ground to the tip of her torch. Inside the statue, there are 354 steps and its pedestal and 25 viewing windows in the crown.

There are seven rays on Liberty's crown, symbolizing the seven seas and seven continents. Miss Liberty holds a tablet in her left hand that reads "July 4, 1776" (in Roman numerals).

The Statue of Liberty National Monument officially celebrated her 124th birthday on October 28, 2010. The people of France gave the Statue to the people of the United States over one hundred twenty-four years ago in recognition of the friendship established during the American Revolution. Over the years, the Statue of Liberty's symbolism has grown to include freedom and democracy as well as this international friendship.