2024-07-222024-07-225/18/2021https://hdl.handle.net/10929/117141There are 13 Flags flying in this Plaza representing the 13 original states . This overlooks New York Harbor with the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island in the background. This is by far the closest place on the Liberty State Park grounds to see the Statue of Liberty without taking the ferry , it is a very peaceful area of the park with plenty of free parking, but in this very ground more than a 100 years ago the German government ,at war with the allies in world war 1 , staged a sabotage on a weapons depot at Black Tom Island and the explosion was felt more than 90 miles away in Philadelphia and it is because this explosion that the Lady's torch has been closed off to visitors.Original file name LSP 10.jpg4368 x 2912Each photograph within this collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. Therefore, these photos may only be used in a way that is permitted by copyright and related rights legislation. The following terms of use for State Library patrons shall apply. 1. Educational Institution/student use is permitted as long as such usage adheres to all copyright and related rights legislation. In these instances, these photographs may only be used for educational or historical purposes. 2. Non-Commercial use is permitted without permission from the rights holder, as long as such use adheres to all copyright and related right legislation. 3. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for commercial purposes without the direct permission of the rights-holder. 4. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for political purposes. 5. Users must always give appropriate credit to the photographer. The credit may not in any way suggest the right's holder endorses the user or their use of the photographs. 6. Photographs may be copied or redistributed in any medium or format as long as such use does not violate copyright and related rights legislation. 7. Users may remix, transform, and rebuild upon the original photographs as long as it does not violate copyright and related rights legislation.U.S. Flag PlazaLiberty State ParkStatue of LibertyEllis IslandNew Jersey State ParkGateway to AmericaLegal ImmigrationLiberty LandingEmpty Sky MemorialHolocaust MemorialCRNJ TerminalCentral Railroad TerminalGatewayThe Gateway RegionJersey CityHudson RiverNew York HarborHudson CountyNew JerseyNJJerseyThe Garden State