The Statue of Liberty was originally designed as a marker of liberation of African Americans and the end of the Civil War. That part of its history was overshadowed by a late design change to instead ...
The Statue of Liberty's towering right arm holds aloft the torch, a kind of beacon that holds an ideal of freedom lighting the way. Lady Liberty, including her pedestal, stands a combined 305 feet, 1 ...
At the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., stands a 46-inch-tall model of an American icon – the Statue of Liberty – whose origin story may surprise you. "When this idea began, it was ...