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(WherewastheStatueofLibertymade?)
Oneofthemostfamousmonumentsintheworld, theStatueofLiberty,waspresentedtotheUnitedStatesofAmericainthenineteenthcenturybythepeopleofFrance. Thegreatstatue, whichwasdesignedbythesculptorAugusteBartholdi, tooktenyearstocomplete. TheactualfigurewasmadeofcoppersupportedbyametalframeworkwhichhadbeenespeciallyconstructedbyEiffel. BeforeitcouldbetransportedtotheUnitedStates, asitehadtobefoundforitandapedestalhadtobebuilt. ThesitechosenwasanislandattheentranceofNewYorkHarbour. By1884,astatuewhichwas151 feettallhadbeenerectedinParis. Thefollowingyear, itwastakentopiecesandsenttoAmerica. BytheendofOctober1886,thestatuehadbeenputtogetheragainanditwasofficiallypresentedtotheAmericanpeoplebyBartholdi. Eversincethen, thegreatmonumenthasbeenasymboloflibertyforthemillionsofpeoplewhohavepassedthroughNewYorkHarbourtomaketheirhomesinAmerica.