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The Statue

of Liberty

by Hilarie Staton

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Regents Professor of History,

Texas A&M International University

Symbols of American Freedom: The Statue of Liberty

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Staton, Hilarie.

The Statue of Liberty / by Hilarie Staton.

p. cm. — (Symbols of American freedom)

Includes index.

ISBN 978-1-60413-516-9

1. Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)—Juvenile literature. 2. Statue of Liberty

National Monument (N.Y. and N.J.)—Juvenile literature. 3. New York (N.Y.)—

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Index by Nila Glikin

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Symbol of Freedom .............................................4

Chapter 2

A Gift Is Created ............................................... 10

Chapter 3

Putting Up the Statue ....................................... 20

Chapter 4

The Next 100 Years ........................................... 30

Chapter 5

Visiting the Statue Today.................................. 38

Timeline............................................................. 44

Glossary ............................................................. 45

To Learn More .................................................... 46

Index ................................................................. 47

Words that are deined in the Glossary are in bold type

the irst time they appear in the text.

Symbol of

Freedom

New York Harbor. She has many

names. Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi,

who designed the statue, called her Liberty En-

lightening the World . She is often called Lady

Liberty. Most people know her as the Statue

of Liberty.

From its beginning, the statue was a

symbol . It honored ideas: friendship, free-

dom, and government by the people ( de-

mocracy ). Today, it is still a symbol of these

ideas. It is also the symbol of a country—the

United States of America—and of the fact that

tens of millions of people have come to the

United States from all over the world to seek a

better life.

The Statue of Liberty is on Liberty Island.

This island is in the upper bay of New York

Harbor. It is 1½ miles (2½ kilometers) from

Manhattan, which is part of New York City.

It is less than ½ mile (¾ kilometer) from

A huge statue of a woman stands in

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