Transcript Who Built The Statue Of Liberty?

Statue Of Liberty
By Parker Mueller
Why Lady Libertas?
o The statue of liberty
enlightening the world
was a representation of
Libertas, the goddess of
freedom.
o Worshipped in Ancient
Rome by freed slaves.
o Women in America did
not have the right to
vote.
Who Built The Statue
Of Liberty?
o Made by the French
sculptor Fredric-Auguste
Bartholdi, working with
Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel
who did the steel
framework.
o The Statue Of Liberty is
a huge hollow monument
made of thinly pounded
copper sheets over a steel
framework.
The Pedestal
o Pennies, nickels, and dimes
from Americans working
class men, women, and
school children raised the
money for the pedestal.
o The pedestal rose 154 ft.
high. The pedestal and
statue together would stand
305 ft.
o It was the work of Richard
Morris hunt, a well none
American architect.
Bedloo Island
o A 12 acre island in the
middle of the city used for
many different things.
o Named Liberty Island in
1956.
o Statue completed in June
1884 and presented as a
gift from France to the
United States July 4,
1884.
Symbols
o The face modeled
after Bartholdi’s
mother.
o The tablet inscribes
July IV
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o Broken shackles at
her feet.
The Dedication
o October 28, 1886,
Grover Cleveland, the
president of the United
States dedicated the
copper and iron statue.
o The sculpture stands at
the entrance to New
York harbor and has
welcomed millions of
immigrants to the
United States.
The Statue Of Liberty “enlightening the world” a
gift of friendship from the people of France to the
United States, a symbol of freedom and democracy.
THE END!!!