LEGO Architecture 21042 Installation and operation manual

StatueofLiberty
NewYorkUSA
21042
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Liberty
TheStatueofLibertywasagiftoffriendshipfromthepeople
of France to the United States and has since become a
universal symbol of freedom and democracy throughout
the world Dedicated on the th of October  she
was often the first thing people saw as they sailed into
NewYork’sharbortostartanewlifeinAmerica

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“Thou warden of the western gate, above Manhattan Bay,
The fogs of doubt that hid thy face are driven clean away:
Thine eyes at last look far and clear, thou liftest high thy hand
To spread the light of liberty world-wide for every land.”
HenryvanDyke
LibertyEnlighteningtheWorld
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Édouard de Labouaye was a prominent French political
thinker and a strong supporter of President Abraham
LincolnduringtheAmericanCivilWarInheproposed
creating a monument that would be gifted to the United
StatesbythepeopleofFranceincelebrationoftherecent
UnionvictoryintheCivilWarandtheabolitionofslavery
Ten years later with the help of the sculptor Frédéric-
Auguste Bartholdi Labouaye turned his proposal into
reality and founded the Franco-American Union to raise
fundsfortheprojectItwashopedthattheFrenchpeople
would finance the proposed Statue now entitled “Liberty
EnlighteningtheWorld”whiletheAmericanpeoplewould
payforitspedestal
OnoneofhistripstotheUStohelpraisefundsthesculptor
BartholdirealizedthatNewYorkwasthegatewaytoAmerica
and spotted the perfect location for the Statue to stand
Bedloe’sIslandwasvisibletoeveryshipenteringorleaving
thecity’sharborandBartholdienvisionedhisstatuerising
outofthestar-shapedFortWoodthatalreadystoodonthe
island
Theprojectsooncaughttheimaginationofmanyonboth
sides of the Atlantic and when the French had raised
francstheconstructionoftheStatuefinallybegan
TheGift

“…a stream of light shall pierce the darkness
…until Liberty enlightens the world”
PresidentGroverCleveland
DedicationspeechfortheStatueofLiberty
October

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In  French craftsmen began forging the individual
elementsoftheStatueWhiletheouterdesignandmaterials
were given the real challenge lay in the Statue’s internal
construction
Bartholdi turned to the French architect and structural
engineer Gustave Eiffel and he proposed creating a
ftmskeletalcentralpylonuponwhichasymmetrical
girderscouldbeattachedFlatmetalbarswerethenbolted
tothegirderstoholdthecopperskinoftheStatueinplace
Eiffel would go on to use the same pylon construction
method in his famous Eiffel Tower which was completed
in
The entire Statue was completed in Paris between 
andItarrivedamidgreatfanfareinNewYorkaboard
theFrenchNavyshipIséreonthethofJuneOnce
the pedestal was completed in  the  ft  m
tall statue wasquickly assembled Thelast section tobe
completedwastheStatueofLiberty’sfacewhichremained
covereduntiltheofficialdedicationonthethofOctober
Rainandfoggyweatherdidnotstopoveronemillion
NewYorkersfromturningouttocheertheunveilingofthe
newStatue
FromDreamtoReality

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TheStatueofLibertywasintendedtobeseenasauniversal
symbolofenlightenment andfreedom Therobed female
figure itself represents Libertas the Roman goddess of
freedomandalthoughyoucannotseeherfeetclearlyshe
standsamongabrokenshackleandchainswithherright
footraiseddepictinghermovingawayfromoppressionand
slaveryThesevenspikesonthecrownrepresenttheseven
oceansandthesevencontinentsoftheworldreinforcing
theuniversalconceptofliberty
OvertimetheStatuewouldalsoemergeasawelcoming
symbolofhopetodifferentgenerationsofimmigrantstothe
USBetweenandalmostmillionimmigrants
enteredtheUnitedStatesthroughNewYorkTheStatueof
Libertywasoftenthefirstthingtheysawastheyarrivedby
shipintheirnewhomeland
TheAmericanNationalParkServicetookoverresponsibility
fortheislandinandsetabouttransformingthearea
aroundtheStatueintoaparkBedloe’sIslandwasrenamed
LibertyIslandintocommemoratethecompletionof
this work The Statue was designated a UNESCO World
Heritage Site in  and continues to attract around 
millionvisitorseachyear
AUniversalIcon
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “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-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
EmmaLazarus
TheNewColossus
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