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/* History */ Those who come to disturb our peace and dethrone our laws are aliens and enemies forever - Depew, 1886
==History==
The Statue of Liberty became a gift from [[France]] to the [[United States]] to commemorate the centennial of the American Declaration of Independence. Arriving at the entrance of New York harbor on June 19, 1884, the Statue of Liberty waited in storage for several years as a pedestal had to be constructed for it. The Statue, believed to be modeled after Isabella Eugénie Boyer, arrived at its permanent home at Bedloe's Island aboard the French frigate Isere. The [[statue]] stands nearly 150 feet tall and is a woman with her arm held high with a lit torch. In her other hand she is holding a tablet inscribed "July IV, MDCCLXXVI". It was designed by the French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904) and erected according to plans by [[Gustave Eiffel]]. At a Commemorative Address for the Inauguration of the Statue, Chauncey M. Depew stated the following:{{cquote|''The rays from this beacon, lighting this gateway to the continent, will welcome the poor and the persecuted with the hope and promise of homes and citizenship. It will teach them that there is room and brotherhood for all who will support our institutions and aid in our development; '''but that those who come to disturb our peace and dethrone our laws are aliens and enemies forever.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/aberpa.whittierjg.1887.statue Inauguration of the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World]Speech by Chauncey Depew, October 28, 1886</ref>'''''}}
In 1903 an inscription was added on the inside which contains the poem [[The New Colossus]] by [[Emma Lazarus]]. The widely quoted poem reads, in part:
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{{cquote|'''Give me your tired, your poor,'''<br>
'''Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,'''<br>
'''The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.'''<br>
It was designated as a national monument in 1924.<ref>http://www.nps.gov/stli/</ref>
<blockquote>On February 18, 1879, the French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904) earned US Patent #11,023 for a "Design for a Statue." This statue, "Liberty Enlightening the World," would become one of the most famous monuments of world history. At a dinner party in 1865, Bartholdi and his host, historian Edouard-René de Laboulaye, had conceived the idea of France giving the US a monument for its Centennial of 1876. Many people believed Charlotte Bartholdi, the sculptor's mother was the model for the statue.<ref>[http://corrosion-doctors.org/Landmarks/statue-sculptor.htm Statue of Liberty Sculptor] Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi.</ref></blockquote>
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