The Statue of Liberty is an awesome visual journey that begins with the fantastic proposal of a French professor to give the United States a monument to commemorate the Revolutionary War alliance between the thirteen colonies and France. It documents the gift s taking symbolic form of the ancient goddess of liberty and its designation as the tallest metal statue in the world. Highlights include Liberty s construction history, her changing symbolism over the years, and her use in popular advertising and political activism. Her upraised arm has saluted scores of ships as they have passed by. Her dignity has welcomed Americans returning home from foreign parts and has given hope to newcomers seeking a fresh beginning in the land of liberty.
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Author Barry Moreno works in the Museum Services Division at the Statue of Liberty National Monument. He is the author of Arcadia Publishing s Ellis Island and several other books, including The Statue of Liberty Encyclopedia and the Encyclopedia of Ellis Island.
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Barry Moreno has produced a masterful work on the Statue of Liberty with this title in the Images of America line. The word "Images" couldn't be more apt: every page in this compact work contains at least one pictorial nugget to draw the reader to linger there, and the text is replete with the history of the statue. Thank you, Barry, for another major and worthwhile effort to cover America's unique and most precious symbol.
-Paula Plantier January 2008
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THE FRANCO-SWISS LINCOLN MEDAL. Thanks to the donations of 40,000 French citizens, this gold medal was cast in Switzerland in 1865 as a memorial tribute to slain president Abraham Lincoln. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Fort Wood, Bedloe's Island, Auguste Bartholdi, United States, American Committee, Ellis Island, Liberty Island, Army Signal Corps, Franco-American Union, Statue of Liherty, Richard Morris Hunt, Edouard de Laboulaye, Great Britain, Marquis de Lafayette, Redloe's Island New!
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THE FRANCO-SWISS LINCOLN MEDAL. Thanks to the donations of 40,000 French citizens, this gold medal was cast in Switzerland in 1865 as a memorial tribute to slain president Abraham Lincoln. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Fort Wood, Bedloe's Island, Auguste Bartholdi, United States, American Committee, Ellis Island, Liberty Island, Army Signal Corps, Franco-American Union, Statue of Liherty, Richard Morris Hunt, Edouard de Laboulaye, Great Britain, Marquis de Lafayette, Redloe's Island New!
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