THE STATUE OF LIBERTY

By: Mike Bilodeau Mrs. Rooney/ Ms. Scheetz B-1

All It Was, Was A Dinner The idea to build the Statue of Liberty

struck its sculptor, Frederic Bartholdi during a regular dinner conversation. It was around mid-1865 with Eduard Rene de Laboulaye, a politician and professor by profession.

The whole plan and the idea was to make a symbol of liberty and honor of the American Revolution. It was a gift from the French on the birthday of America (July 4th).

Twenty Years It took more than twenty years to build

the whole complete structure which was engineered Gustave Eiffel (sounds familiar).

He was also the same person who made the Eiffel Tower in Paris. He would then afterword go onto make the Eiffel Tower.

The model for the Statue of Liberty was Frederic Bartholdi’s mother he took the stern and straight face from her.

Some Pictures THE EIFFEL TOWER THE STATUE OF

LIBERTY

The Shipping When the whole diagram was built it was

dismantled and then shipped to America in 214 wooden crates, there was a total of 350 pieces.

The ship it was that carried all the pieces was called The Isere.

The official date when Lady Liberty was accepted by the then President, Grover Cleveland, is 28th October, 1886.

The Old Name Initially, the Statue of Liberty was called

“Liberty Enlightening the World.” Although it may sound pretty weird to us it probably was normal for them back then.

The person who gave it the name Statue of Liberty was Alizee Dixon.

Immigration Immigrants from around the world get to

see The Statue of Liberty. What better thing to see when you are entering America because this is the symbol of America.

The torch symbolizing freedom, the seven rays symbolizing the seven continents and the seven seas, and finally the book of our independence.

Another Picture

This is sourt of what it would be like to see America for the first time.

Famous Quote

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”

This is a quote that helps understand The Statue of Liberty on the next slide.

Golden Door?

Golden Door? Many people don’t know what it means

by “Golden Door,” but what it really means is. It is the entrance to freedom and liberty and an entrance into a promised land you might say known as America.

People didn’t have the best countries they came from and seeing this was remarkable.

The Beginning of a new life

Can’t Go Up Anymore? The Statue of Liberty has been closed for

many years because of the 9/11 attacks. It would be difficult to get people all the way down in an emergency.

Don’t worry people have been hoping to go into the crown on October 2012.

Heights and Weights Base to Torch 151 ft 11 inches Foundation to torch 305 ft 6 inches Heel to top of Head 111ft 6 inches Total weight of Statue 450,000 pounds Tablet Length 23 ft inches Thickness of waist 35 ft

Picture

Green or Copper Colored? The Statue of Liberty was first just a

copper colored but as time went on it turned into a green type color.

When copper sits for a long time it can turn a type of green like The Statue we see now.

What Happened to Real Fire?

The Statue of Liberty’s fire never really was real although it doesn’t anymore the fire did flash a light. That seems better than doing nothing (thanks,) but one of the reasons it was made to was to be a light house.

Also the Statue of Liberty’s torch has been closed since 1916 not many reasons why.

Closer Look At Torch

Seeing the Statue It would be a great experience to see the

Statue of Liberty and after showing this slideshow to everyone I hope I have inspired you to see that Statue. Remember it is the face of America so it wouldn’t be a bad idea to go see it.

(Not to mention that one of the field trips in 7th Grade is to go see the Statue of Liberty.)

Sources

These are the sources that made this whole slideshow possible. (The second source is my newspaper part)

Web Sourceshttp://www.buzzle.com/articles/statue-of-liberty-facts-for-kids.html

http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/s/statue_of_liberty/index.html?offset=0&s=newest

http://www.ehow.com/about_5443557_information-kids-statue-liberty.html

Books

Book 1. Doherty Craig and Doherty Katherine The Statue of Liberty Woodbridge Connecticut Blackbirch Press inc 1997

Book 2. Fisher, Leonard The Statue of Liberty Holiday House New York City Published 1985.

The Statue of Liberty (Ending) The Statue of Liberty will always be

known as one of the most famous monuments ever. When you look at it you shouldn’t just see a statue, you should see a memories of all the greatness America has ever achieved.