File:Statue of Liberty, NY.jpg
Summary
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty" class="extiw" title="en:Statue of Liberty">Statue of Liberty</a> (more formally, Liberty Enlightening the World, and more colloquially, Lady Liberty) is a structure located on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Island" class="extiw" title="en:Liberty Island">Liberty Island</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Harbor" class="extiw" title="en:New York Harbor">New York Harbor</a>, presented to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" class="extiw" title="en:United States">United States</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/centennial" class="extiw" title="en:centennial">centennial</a> of the signing of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Declaration_of_Independence" class="extiw" title="en:American Declaration of Independence">American Declaration of Independence</a> as a gift from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" class="extiw" title="en:France">France</a>. It was designed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Bartholdi" class="extiw" title="en:Frédéric Bartholdi">Frédéric Bartholdi</a> and gets its green coloring from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patina" class="extiw" title="en:Patina">patination</a> of the outer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/copper" class="extiw" title="en:copper">copper</a> covering. The statue is world-renowned for being the first thing sea-borne visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans see upon entering New York Harbor and has been known as a beacon of freedom to much of the world. It earned <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site" class="extiw" title="en:UNESCO World Heritage Site">UNESCO World Heritage Site</a> status in 1984.
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current | 20:37, 3 January 2017 | 3,558 × 2,668 (1.99 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty" class="extiw" title="en:Statue of Liberty">Statue of Liberty</a></i> (more formally, <i>Liberty Enlightening the World</i>, and more colloquially, <i>Lady Liberty</i>) is a structure located on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Island" class="extiw" title="en:Liberty Island">Liberty Island</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Harbor" class="extiw" title="en:New York Harbor">New York Harbor</a>, presented to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" class="extiw" title="en:United States">United States</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/centennial" class="extiw" title="en:centennial">centennial</a> of the signing of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Declaration_of_Independence" class="extiw" title="en:American Declaration of Independence">American Declaration of Independence</a> as a gift from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" class="extiw" title="en:France">France</a>. It was designed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Bartholdi" class="extiw" title="en:Frédéric Bartholdi">Frédéric Bartholdi</a> and gets its green coloring from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patina" class="extiw" title="en:Patina">patination</a> of the outer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/copper" class="extiw" title="en:copper">copper</a> covering. The statue is world-renowned for being the first thing sea-borne visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans see upon entering New York Harbor and has been known as a beacon of freedom to much of the world. It earned <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site" class="extiw" title="en:UNESCO World Heritage Site">UNESCO World Heritage Site</a> status in 1984. |
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