statue of liberty

Posted on March 13, 2009March 8, 2014 by 3 — Leave a comment

Statues of Liberty

Three Statues of Liberty

There is the most famous one at the entrance to the New York harbor positioned on Liberty Island.
Another on the Swan Ally Island in Paris, France in the Seine River near the Grenelle Bridge.
And the third statue is in Luxembourg Gardens, also in Paris. The statue in Luxembourg Gardens in the original life size cast. Continue reading Statues of Liberty

Posted on November 30, 2006March 8, 2014 by 3 — Leave a comment

Although it has changed into “give me your tired, your poor, your hungry”, the original quote at the base of the statue is “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door”

-from “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus (on pedestal of statue)