24 Feb America’s Monuments | The Colossus of New York Harbor | 1
It’s perhaps the most iconic of American monuments — the Statue of Liberty. A towering 305-foot sculpture of copper and steel that is synonymous with American values of liberty, freedom and self-determination. But it began as a gift from France. And when it first arrived on American soil, its future was far from certain.
For over a decade, artists, craftsmen and everyday people from France and the United States worked together on what would be dubbed America’s “New Colossus.” The statue they built would take on new associations with the passage of time — but it would forever remain a symbol of America’s loftiest ideals.
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