The 151-foot statue was assembled in France by 1884 and presented to the U.S. minister to France that same year. Then came the challenge of actually bringing it stateside. Bartholdi had selected ...

and was one of the first sights for immigrants who came to the US through nearby Ellis Island. The head of the Statue of Liberty on display in the garden at the Champ de Mars at the World’s Fair ...

less formally known as the Statue of Liberty, on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. Photo from the Bettmann archive, courtesy of Getty Images. The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the U.S. from ...

A much smaller copy of the statue is displayed on Allée des Cygnes, a small island on the Seine River in Paris. The Lady Liberty replica was gifted to France by the U.S. in 1889 to mark 100 years ...

The Statue of Liberty arrived on American shores in 1886 ... For generations of immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, the torch-bearing figure represented hope and new beginnings.

Get in touch with Chloe Mayer by emailing [email protected] Demands by a French lawmaker for the U.S. to return the Statue of Liberty have sparked outrage amongst Donald Trump's MAGA supporters.

White House press secretary Karoline Leaviitt reminded a French politician who wants the Statue of Liberty back that the U.S. saved him from Nazi Germany.

That's what happens when you grow up in New York. But I've gone by it on the Staten Island ferry plenty of times. The Statue Of Liberty is a liberal enlightenment symbol. That's what it is.

French politician Raphaël Glucksmann suggested the US return the Statue of Liberty due to their stance on Ukraine. This has sparked controversy. The statue, a gift from France in 1886, symbolizes ...