Frihedsgudinden: historie og symbolik

The 10 meter long arm of freedom was in August 1876 exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, and 50 cents you could go up at the balcony, which was around the Torch. But by this time found Bartholdi suggested that Bedloe `s Island received its name changed to Liberty Island. But it was only reality 80 years later (1956) But the biggest problem was money! As the Statue of Liberty was built in France in his time, there were 300,000 who gave contributions to the French-American Union was (1879) idea that they had to make some lotteries and sell some of Bartholdis works like other objects. But one of Bartholdis works were the production of miniature versions of the Statue of Liberty, which was sold. That way they could get together a lot of money than they had gathered 250,000 francs. But while the statue was very close to being finished in France, but went slowly with the fundraising and work with the footrest in America. But the press in the U.S. was highly critical of the project and had great difficulty understanding how the footrest could cost as much as the statue. A very large of the Americans who did not live in New York, also did not think the statue would belong to them, but was New York's believed that was why the people here who would pay much for it. But something happened in June (1884), when the statue was completely finished. But there was collected $ 182,491 and used with the $ 179,624. But everything had 120,000 Americans made a significant contribution to the statue.But there was only something around August 5 (1884) that Americans are getting ready the foundation stone for the statue to be built for the former Fort Wood from (1811). The statue, which consisted of the 350 parts that arrived in 214 Kass with a large ship, the ship came from the Isere in France in June (1885), and it stood ready on October 28 (1886), where the president (Grover Cleveland) officially inaugurated the monument. July 4 (1986) was 100 years celebrated the day after 2 years of restoration, which was a undskiftet 1600 parts of the inner metal skeleton, mounted a new torch, and installing a new elevator. but the great statue weighs 225 tons! And 45 meters tall (foot to torch) but a total of 92 m above ground (torch to the ground). The 47-meter-high pedestal for the statue is locally in the U.S.. But now it finished, and they were completely finished with everything. There was exhibited to a symbolic sign of friendship (1886).SYMBOLIC SIGNIFICANCE OF