Graded First Essay: The Statue Of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty

          The story behind the Statue of Liberty is that it was a gift from French people to the United State in honor of the Centennial of American Independence in 1886. “It was designated as an American National Monument in 1924” (Hugo, V, 2013). It was designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, who got the idea about the design of Liberty while he was on a visit to U.S. He got a creative thought in designing the statue which will represent freedom all over the world. Also, the Liberty welcomes many immigrants for it nice design.

Nowadays, it is located in the New York Harbor on Ellis Island. It greeted thousands of immigrants and visitors as they entered New York Bay and arrived in the United States. The Statue of Liberty is 46 m (151 ft) and the surface of the statue is composed of hammered copper sheets 2.4 mm (0.01 in) thick that were riveted to an iron framework. The statue rests upon a concrete therefore, its base and pedestal increase its height of the monument to 93m (305 ft) high (Statue of Liberty, Wikipedia, 2013). It symbolizes the freedom throughout the world. ‘Liberty Enlightening the World’ is the formal name that given to it (Statue of Liberty, Wikipedia, 2013).  The statue design depicts a woman escaping from the chains, which stand at her feet and her right hand holds a burning torch in order to represent liberty. The liberty has seven rays on the top of her head which symbolize seven seas and continents. Even with the change in climate from time to time, Liberty’s body remains in its original status because its green patina gives the Liberty an excellent copper exterior which last for long time and does not affected by weather.

The Statue of Liberty took approximately 11 years to be transformed from a basic idea to a real copper statue that lies down nowadays in New York harbor (1875 – 1886). The Liberty goes over many stages in order to build it. The first stage was the idea itself. Then, it moves to the second stages which is collecting the money for the project in order to get the work done. After that it moves to the third stage and the important one which is the building process of the Liberty. Therefore, for that reasons it took from them long time of process to finish their project. After that French people decided to give the Liberty as a gift to US. It was shipped overseas to New York in 350 pieces and it took four months from them to put all pieces together. “The Statue costs approximately more than $500,000 to build” (Wiki Answer, 2013). This money was collected by the French government and people together; because all of them wanted to participate in the project.

             The Statue of Liberty becomes famous worldwide because it is well known since long time ago. Furthermore, it has been featured in many pictures, movies, music, television and such many other popular features. Also, its images used as a sample on coins, theatrical productions. It is used as a logo sign. It still remain until now the most popular and political simple locally, nationally and internationally. There are also many another reasons for the Statue of Liberty to become famous and popular and one of it that it is the first visible landmark to ships headed for the American Northeast and it is symbolic of freedom.  Also, its historical background makes it famous because it has been given to the U.S. by French in order to celebrate American for their first 100 years of nation. Lady Liberty is built and placed in order to give immigrants arriving from abroad a welcoming signal.

            In conclusion, the Statue of Liberty is really famous statue around the world from a long time ago. It represents one of the basic human principles and the most serious one which is freedom.

 

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