The 12 Most Amazing American Monuments and Symbols

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2 STATUE OF LIBERTY STANDS TALL FOR FREEDOM The Statue of Liberty rises 15 stories high in the New York Harbor For more than 125 years it has welcomed visitors and immigrants to the United States At night light from the statue’s torch can be seen up to 24 miles 39 km away The statue was a gift from France to the United States It was a sign of friendship between the countries French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi began work on it in 1875 His team hammered copper sheets into shape by hand In 1885 the statue was ready to be delivered to the United States It was so big that it had to be split into 350 pieces to be loaded onto a ship Workers spent four months putting it back together after it got to New York 6 The Statue of Liberty stands on Liberty Island which also includes a museum