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Finally, on August 5th, 1884, workers began building the Statue of
Liberty's pedestal, or foundation, on a small island in New York Harbor.
The
statue is made of a covering of pure copper, put on a _____(1)
(originally puddled iron) with the exception of the flame of the torch,
which is coated in gold leaf (originally made of copper and later
altered to hold glass panes). It _____(2) stonework pedestal with a
foundation in the shape of an irregular eleven-pointed star. The statue
is 151 ft (46 m) tall, _____(3) and foundation, it is 305 ft (93 m)
tall.
She was a gift from the people of France to the _____(4)
100th anniversary of America's independence from Great Britain. She was
sculpted by Frederic Bartholdi. Barry Moreno wrote The Statue of Liberty
Encyclopedia. He says Frederic Bartholdi chose the place where the
statue was placed. And while entering the harbor by ship he saw a small
island called Bedloe's Island. And he saw Manhattan, and he was
_____(5) vista, and he was aware that New York was the pre-eminent
harbor. So he selected _____(6) Statue of Liberty for that reason. He
realized his statue would have a greater impact in the busiest harbor.
It
took more than two years to complete the pedestal and statue on the
island. The Statue of Liberty was dedicated by President Grover
Cleveland on October 28th, 1886. Millions of _____(7) immigration
station on Ellis Island -- near Bedloe's Island -- came to see the
Statue of Liberty as a symbol of their new lives in America.
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