Written by The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France on October 18, 1886. It was designed by a French sculptor named Frederic Bartholdi. The statue depicts Libertas, the Roman goddess of liberty. She holds a tabula ansata in her left hand which has Roman numerals inscribed in it. JULY IV MDCCLXXVI: July 4, 1776.
- Weight of concrete: 54 million pounds
- Amount of copper: 65,000 pounds
- Amount of steel: 250,000 pounds
- Number of steps to the crown: 354
- Height: 305 ft (93 meters)
- The 7 points on the crown represent the 7 seas and 7 continents in the world
- 3.5 million people visit each year
- The sculptor is said to have modeled the face after his own mother
- The statue gets struck by lightning about 600 times per year
