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France's apology gift that became America's logo, copper-skinned and salt-corroded.
means A colossal copper statue on an island in New York Harbor, depicting a robed woman lifting a torch, that stands as a symbol of freedom and the immigrant arrival to America.
from Conceived by French thinkers and sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi to honor the French-American alliance and mark the centennial of American independence, with engineer Gustave Eiffel (yes, that Eiffel) designing the internal iron skeleton. France built and shipped the copper skin; America raised money for the pedestal, famously helped along by newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer rallying small donations from ordinary citizens. Dedicated in the 1880s, her copper surface was originally penny-bright, only turning the iconic seafoam green over subsequent decades as it oxidized in the salty harbor air.
- true color
- originally shiny copper-brown, now green from oxidation
- broken chains
- shackles lie at her feet, often overlooked
- interior engineer
- Gustave Eiffel designed the internal skeleton
- full name
- liberty enlightening the world