The Statue of Liberty is a sculpture
on Liberty
Island in the middle of New
York Harbor, in Manhattan, New York city. The statue designed by Frederic
Auguste Bartholdi and dedicated
on October 28, 1886, was a gift to the United States from the people of France.
The statue is of a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess
of freedom, who bears a torch and a tabula
ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon which is inscribed the date
of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. A broken chain lies
at her feet. The statue is an icon of freedom and of the United States: a
welcoming signal to immigrants arriving from abroad. Bartholdi minded to honor
the Union victory in the American Civil War and the end of slavery.
Millions of people are attracted by the Statue of Liberty, me, too. The torch the goddess holds is a beacon guiding people to go towards Freedom!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment