[ti:The Statue of Liberty: ‘Enlightening the World’ for Nearly 150 Years]
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[00:00.04]The Statue of Liberty has served
[00:02.96]as the guardian of New York Harbor
[00:05.32]for nearly 150 years.
[00:09.16]The statue might be one of the most
[00:11.64]photographed works of art in the world.
[00:15.80]A French sculptor, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi,
[00:20.20]designed it in the late 1800s.
[00:23.36]Today the monument remains
[00:26.08]a beautiful sight on the New York skyline.
[00:30.16]The materials required
[00:32.72]for building the Statue of Liberty
[00:34.92]were almost lost at sea.
[00:37.60]In 1885, the ship carrying those materials
[00:42.80]nearly sank in stormy seas.
[00:46.80]Luckily, the ship survived.
[00:49.16]It arrived in June of that year.
[00:53.44]By 1886, the Statue of Liberty was erected
[00:58.04]on what was then called Bedloe's Island.
[01:02.68]The statue was officially opened that year.
[01:06.28]Many years later, the island
[01:09.00]was given a new name: Liberty Island.
[01:13.96]"Lady Liberty," as many people call the statue,
[01:18.08]was a gift from the people of France.
[01:21.88]Its full name is "Liberty Enlightening the World."
[01:27.08]The United States and France
[01:29.68]have been friends and allies
[01:31.68]since the American Revolution.
[01:34.24]France helped the American colonial armies
[01:37.76]defeat British forces.
[01:40.16]The war officially ended in 1783.
[01:45.56]A few years later,
[01:47.40]the French rebelled against their king.
[01:52.08]France had wanted to give the statue to the United States
[01:55.96]on the 100th anniversary
[01:58.32]of the Declaration of Independence
[02:01.00]-- July 4th, 1876.
[02:05.16]But technical problems
[02:07.16]and lack of money delayed the project.
[02:12.08]France finally officially presented the statue
[02:15.76]to the United States in Paris in 1884.
[02:21.24]A pedestal to hold the 200 tons of weight
[02:24.76]was finished later.
[02:26.80]The statue also needed a structure
[02:29.84]that could hold its weight
[02:31.40]of more than 200 tons.
[02:35.08]French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel
[02:39.12]created the necessary technology.
[02:42.04]Later, he designed the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
[02:47.20]Eiffel and others worked in Paris
[02:49.48]to produce a strong support system for the statue.
[02:53.48]The design also had to have
[02:56.32]the ability to move a little in strong winds.
[03:01.24]In France, workers separated the statue
[03:04.40]into 350 pieces,
[03:06.68]put them on a ship
[03:08.24]and sent them across the ocean.
[03:11.72]After surviving the rough seas,
[03:14.08]the statue arrived in New York
[03:16.64]in more than 200 wooden boxes.
[03:20.16]It took workers four months
[03:23.16]to build the statue on the pedestal.
[03:27.04]On October 28th, 1886,
[03:30.32]President Grover Cleveland
[03:32.16]accepted the statue in a ceremony.
[03:35.16]He said: "We will not forget that Liberty
[03:39.24]has here made her home;
[03:41.32]nor shall her chosen altar be neglected."
[03:45.92]Throughout history, the idea of liberty
[03:48.92]has often been represented
[03:50.68]by images of a woman.
[03:54.00]Historians say the statue's face
[03:56.92]was created to look like Bartholdi's mother.
[04:01.12]Her right arm holds a torch high in the air.
[04:04.80]Her left arm holds a tablet
[04:07.72]with the date of America's
[04:09.84]Declaration of Independence -- July 4th, 1776.
[04:16.80]On her head, the Statue of Liberty
[04:19.44]wears a crown with seven points.
[04:22.64]Each point is meant to represent the light of freedom
[04:27.28]as it shines on the seven seas
[04:30.08]and seven continents of the world.
[04:33.52]The 25 windows in the crown
[04:36.08]represent gemstones found on Earth.
[04:40.16]A chain that represents oppression
[04:42.84]lies broken at her feet.
[04:46.20]Lady Liberty was officially named
[04:49.16]a National Monument in 1924.
[04:53.52]Liberty Island and Fort Wood
[04:56.48]have been overseen
[04:58.16]by the U.S. National Park Service since 1933.
[05:03.88]The Statue of Liberty has survived
[05:06.12]damage caused by time,
[05:08.28]visits by millions of people and the weather.
[05:12.56]It stood firm during a destructive storm,
[05:16.36]Hurricane Sandy, which struck the East Coast
[05:20.00]in October of 2012.
[05:22.56]But Liberty Island suffered damage,
[05:26.44]requiring major repairs.
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