The+Statue+Of+Liberty

= = ==Revelation Rhianna travelled for a long time till see got to America. The number one spot she just had to travel to the Statue of Liberty on New York Harbour. Revelation Rhianna wanted to walk around the outside of the statue but that was 12 acres and it was a bit far in the end. Revelation Rhianna walked right up to the top and saw a fantastic view, and took many marvellous pictures. __Then she decided to go to .....__==

==The Statue of Libertyis a 225-ton, steel-reinforced copper female figure, 151 ft 1 in. (46.05 m) in height, facing the ocean from Liberty Island in New York Harbor. The right hand holds aloft a torch, and the left hand carries a tablet upon which is inscribed: “July IV MDCCLXXVI.”== ==The statue was designed by Frederic auguste bartholdi of Alsace as a gift to the United States from the people of France to memorialize the alliance of the two countries in the American Revolution and their abiding friendship. The French people contributed the $250,000 cost.== = = ==The 150-foot pedestal was designed by Richard M. Hunt and built by Gen. Charles P. Stone, both Americans. It contains steel underpinnings designed by Alexander Efiffel of France to support the statue. The $270,000 cost was borne by popular subscription in this country. President Grover Cleveland accepted the statue for the United States on Oct. 28, 1886. The Statue of Liberty was designated a National Monument in 1924 and a World Heritage Site in 1984. On Sept. 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon dedicated the American Museum of Immigration, housed in structural additions to the base of the statue. In 1984 scaffolding went up for a major restoration and the torch was extinguished on July 4. It was relit with much ceremony July 4, 1986, to mark its centennial.==