(WYTV)- Going on vacation to New York City? Visit the Statue of Liberty, all 225 tons of her. When buying a pair of shoes for Lady Liberty, ask for size 879. It was a lighthouse from 1886 to 1902, the ...
The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States from the people of France to commemorate 100 years of Franco-American friendship. The statue also commemorates the centennial of America’s ...
A monument to the American “experiment,” this iconic UNESCO World Heritage site was the result of one man’s bold idea, ...
The Statue of Liberty was originally designed as a marker of liberation of African Americans and the end of the Civil War. That part of its history was overshadowed by a late design change to instead ...
Mentor Public Library is celebrating and spotlighting the Statue of Liberty during a free program for kids at 4 p.m. June 25 at its Main Branch, 8215 Mentor Ave. Children will learn about the modern ...
On this day in 1849, Jewish writer and activist Emma Lazarus was born in New York City. Lazarus is, of course, most famous for “The New Colossus,” the sonnet with the famous lines “Give me your tired, ...
Artist Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi’s small maquette represents the big ideals of the iconic national monument in New York ...