Statue of Liberty with Jersey City in Background
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10/14/2012
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The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, It is a figure of Libertas, the Roman Goddess of Liberty.
The idea for the statue was born in 1865, when the French historian and abolitionist �douard de Laboulaye proposed a monument to commemorate the upcoming centennial of U.S. independence (1876), the perseverance of American democracy and the liberation of the nation's slaves.
Original file name 120 The Statue Of Liberty.jpg
Original file name 120 The Statue Of Liberty.jpg
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Liberty State Park, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Ellis Island Immigration Museum, State Park, New Jersey State Park, Gateway to America, Legal Immigration, Gateway, Jersey City, NJ, Jersey, Hudson County, The Garden State, New York Harbor, New York City, NYC, New York, National Register of Historic Places, New Jersey Register of Historic Places, New York City Landmark
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