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Lady Liberty in France

  • The Idea
    • Laboulaye’s Dinner Party
    • Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi
    • Bringing the Idea to America
  • Lady Liberty in France
    • Fundraising
    • Design and Construction
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    • In Paris
    • In America
  • American Hesitation
    • Philanthropic Lethargy
    • Pulitzer’s Campaign
  • Liberty’s Arrival
    • Arrival and Assembly
    • Unveiling
  • Aftermath
    • Symbolism at Opening
    • Liberty and Immigration
  • Further Study
    • Timeline
    • Related Museums

“I would hope to glorify freedom and liberty over there, in the hope that it may be regained over here.“

-Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, speaking on his reason for sculpting lady liberty.

 

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