Essays on Statue of Liberty

On Liberty Island in New York Harbor is the Statue of Liberty standing 151 feet tall. She weighs 280 tons and is visible from 42 miles away on a bright day. The sight of her is simply breath taking. In her right hand, she holds a dazzling, flaming torch, a display of victory and progression. Her head is held up high and placed on top of it is a glorious crown with seven rays all measuring 9 feet in length; symbolizing she will spread liberty to the seven continents of the earth. In her left ...

The embodiment of liberty is the main feature it invokes, the symbol of libertas from which the Statue derives its name is the icon of America that liberty island enlightens the world. Emancipating the American is the Roman goddess; Lady liberty represents her cherished form; includes the tabula ansata for votive tablets; ritualizes Imperial Rome evoking the law upon the American inscribing the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 that a broken chain lies at her feet. ...

People hate to be defined as a word, Many people were trained as children to use the term sticks and stones, Because to certain people they don't want a word to define them, “Words are containers for power, you choose what kind of power they carry.” Joyce Meyer. Words are powerful things, To the Amarican people the word America means so much more than just a country, the Colonist fought with blood sweat and tears People risked their lives to sail across the world just to be defined as an ...

On Thursday, May 16, 2019, the upgraded Statue of Liberty Museum is set to be opened after being sponsored $100 million by means of a public campaign, following its breaking ground over two years ago. Occupying 26,000 square feet, the museum is filled with iconic relics and hands-on exhibitions, and ascents uphill from Liberty Island’s central pedestrian mall. They expect around 4.5 million people to visit the island yearly. Constructed on the side of the island facing New Jersey, there are ...

She stands atop America, looking down on the people below. They rush from place to place, never stopping, never seeing. Though the years pass by and the droughts and disasters come and go, though new presidents are elected and the economy fluctuates, she stands strong. She watches and waits for people to open their eyes. She is not the God of America—oh no—that was established long ago. From the beginning of the nation, to this day we are “One Nation under God.” She understands that though she ...

You know the Statue of Liberty was actually copper when the United States got it from France! The poem The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus affected the outlook on the Statue of Liberty in several ways. Without Emma Lazarus poem, we might not view the Statue of Liberty the way we think of it today. The Statue affected not only the Americans view, but it changed the immigrant’s outlook. Emma Lazarus’ poem changed the meaning of the Statue of Liberty from a democracy and companionship between the ...