Top 5 Secrets Of The Statue Of Liberty You Probably Didn’t Know

The Statue of Liberty stands tall as one of the most remarkable and famous statue and monument in our modern world. Anyone visiting New York City can see her, standing out in an elegant manner; however not everyone knows that Lady Liberty has her own secrets. And that is what we will look at now. Here are top 5 secrets of the statue of liberty you never knew.

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1 : The Statue of Liberty Was Once Split into Pieces

Statue of Liberty torch at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia.
Photo via Library of Congress.


It might be really hard to picture it, but when the Statue actually arrived from France, when the country donated it to the USA on June 17, 1885, it was in over 300 copper pieces. The highly regarded, precious cargo was traveling in 214 crates on the French ship, Isère. We must note that the arm holding the torch wasn’t there, yet. It was standing in Madison Square Park for 6 years to help raise money to sponsor the pedestal.

200,000 people came to welcome the statue to the United States as the ship arrived US soil. The official dedication ceremony took place on October 28, 1886, with then US President Grover Cleveland presiding over it.

2: It Once Served As a Lighthouse

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The statue was originally meant to serve as a lighthouse for ships sailing into New York Harbor. For two years, it did serve that purpose while its iconic lamp served as its beacon for 16 years. Though this lamp wasn’t bright enough, and, running out of ideas to fix it, its sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi offered to cover the entire statue in gold to make it brighter. Congress rejected the idea citing how expensive the venture would be.

Congress said no to that idea since it would’ve been crazy expensive.

3: Its Base is a Fort

Statue of Liberty in 1894
Photograph courtesy Library of Congress


Constructed between 1807 and 1811, Fort Wood on Liberty Island took the shape of an eleven sided star. The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty was constructed within the old fort. The construction supporting the pedestal was designed by French engineer and architect; Gustave Eiffel The fort is situated along with brick houses next to it, was home to Army families from 1811 to the 1930s. It currently hosts museums that show the history of the Statue with old photographs, videos, recorded oral stories, and the original torch Lady Liberty was holding in 1886.

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4: The Face of the Statue of Liberty Could be that of a Man




Most people think of the Statue of Liberty to be a she, but could it really be a he?

A good chunk of people are believe it’s a representation of the Roman goddess of freedom, Libertas. Though it is widely believed that Bartholdi modeled her face after his mother. Countering this, Author Elizabeth Mitchell, claims that the sculptor actually used his brother’s face as a model!

She admitted studying photographs of Bartholdi’s family, where she noticed his mother had a different eyebrow shape, thinner nose and lips, and smaller mouth. She also pointed out the striking resemblance between the sculptor’s brother in his adult years and the statue.

Another theory was presented by a French writer Nathalie Salmon, who claims Lady Liberty was modeled after her ancestor Sarah Salmon. According to her, Bartholdi found Sarah’s features particularly beautiful. Even though she had immigrated to the United States, she and her husband visited the sculptor at his studio when they briefly went back to Paris in 1875. He could’ve used that opportunity to draw Sarah, and later used those images as a model.

5: The Statue Was Originally Meant for Egypt

Aerial view of Statue of Liberty
Photograph courtesy U.S. Coast Guard

The statue’s sculptor Bartholdi did not craft the design of Liberty originally for America. The story go ones like this, Bartholdi as a young man visited Egypt and was quickly drawn by the project underway to dig a channel between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea.


At the 1867 Paris World fair, he met with the Khedive, the then leader of Egypt, and proposed creating a work as wondrous as the pyramids or sphinxes. He then made up an initial design of a colossal woman holding up a lamp and wearing the loose fitting dress of a fellah, a slave, to stand as a lighthouse at the entrance of the Suez Canal. Unfortunately, or fortunately a deal couldn’t be struck and Bartholdi decided to turn to America to pitch his immortal piece.

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Did Michael Jackson actually climbed the liberty in his music video black or white or Photoshop ?

According to the Guinness book of records the statute of liberty is the biggest gift ever given in the whole world. It was a gift from France to America

majamajic:
Wow

Did Michael Jackson actually climbed the liberty in his music video black or white or Photoshop ?

who dash am... Dat one na studio statu

kestolove95:
who dash am... Dat one na studio statu

Michael Jackson, Tom cruise.. they do it real.

The Freemasons of France gave the gift to their new born counterparts in USA.
The George Washingtons and Benjamin franklins are all Masons.
Why is it standing on a star?
Isn't there a coincidence between Prometheus and lady liberty?
The Titan who stole fire from the Gods and gave it to men?
The serpent who gave Eve forbidden knowledge.
The statue looks like a man and not a woman.

You forgot to mention

Galatians 5:1 "Freedom is what we have—Christ has set us free! Stand, then, as free people, and do not allow yourselves to become slaves again".

engrchykae:
The Freemasons of France gave the gift to their new born counterparts in USA.
The George Washingtons and Benjamin franklins are all Masons.
Why is it standing on a star?
Isn't there a coincidence between Prometheus and lady liberty?
The Titan who stole fire from the Gods and gave it to men?
The serpent who gave Eve forbidden knowledge.
The statue looks like a man and not a woman.

Enlightened one. I greet you.

We Lack documentation in this part of the world. 1886? I wish somebody can equally narrates how the 3 statues in Lagos came to be : the name of the sculptor, year, reasons etc

Once meant for Egypt? I am not surprised... No be today oyinbo dey steal our treasures.

op, the topic should have been fun facts and not secrets about the statue of liberty.

The statue looks masculine close up.

Oyinbo juju

I just like the statue � same as eiffel tower

Wow.. Interesting facts OP

YoungPerson:

Enlightened one. I greet you.

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The king's of the East are gathering momentum.
By the time they will be ready for a military confrontation.
Let me reserve my comments.
This world system is messed up.
Americans know themselves very well.
Why is Steve Job's symbol,the Apple that was slightly eaten.
It shows they are tapping from the forbidden knowledge.
That forbidden knowledge will be the doom of humanity as it brought death to Adam,so it will bring death to his descendants.
Forbidden knowledge gave birth to sophisticated weapons and bioweapons.
Corona as an example.
Lucifer is there holding the flame of forbidden false enlightenment.
There is a difference between enlightenment and being shown knowledge.
The Americans have never ever attained enlightenment and they jumped to technology reason they became beast.

engrchykae:
The Freemasons of France gave the gift to their new born counterparts in USA.
The George Washingtons and Benjamin franklins are all Masons.
Why is it standing on a star?
Isn't there a coincidence between Prometheus and lady liberty?
The Titan who stole fire from the Gods and gave it to men?
The serpent who gave Eve forbidden knowledge.
The statue looks like a man and not a woman.

Who is a mason?

DavidEsq:

Who is a mason?

you

engrchykae:
you

Typical of a zombie

DavidEsq:

Typical of a zombie

typical of an ignorant fool.
That's why I gave a foolish answer to a foolish question

engrchykae:
typical of an ignorant fool.
That's why I gave a foolish answer to a foolish question

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DavidEsq:

When a goat is given a phone, it begins to suffer delusional beliefs that it's a human. In a bid to speak it ends up bleating. That goat bleats better than u. Even my phone's brightness is way above that whitish substance, likely akamu in that big ball between ur shoulders, u call a head. A supposed human with a phone who doesn't know the simple meaning of a mason. Evidence of a failed attempt by ur parents to educate u. Such buffoonery.

.GET LOST, PAINED IGNORANT FOOL

Yep so true.
Too bad many people are too stubborn to listen hence they won't seek knowledge...

engrchykae:
we are at the ten toes of Daniel's image.
When the world entered this stage,the offshoot of the iron legs of Rome which happened to be the iron mixed with clay ten toes.the two big toes being Anglo American collabo well spaced by geography on either side of the Atlantic.
The king's of the East are gathering momentum.
By the time they will be ready for a military confrontation.
Let me reserve my comments.
This world system is messed up.
Americans know themselves very well.
Why is Steve Job's symbol,the Apple that was slightly eaten.
It shows they are tapping from the forbidden knowledge.
That forbidden knowledge will be the doom of humanity as it brought death to Adam,so it will bring death to his descendants.
Forbidden knowledge gave birth to sophisticated weapons and bioweapons.
Corona as an example.
Lucifer is there holding the flame of forbidden false enlightenment.
There is a difference between enlightenment and being shown knowledge.
The Americans have never ever attained enlightenment and they jumped to technology reason they became beast.