![]() ![]() independence (1876), the perseverance of American democracy and the liberation of the nation's slaves. The idea for the statue was born in 1865, when the French historian and abolitionist Édouard de Laboulaye proposed a monument to commemorate the upcoming centennial of U.S. ![]() After its dedication the statue became an icon of freedom and of the United States, being subsequently seen as a symbol of welcome to immigrants arriving by sea. A broken chain and shackle lie at her feet as she walks forward, commemorating the national abolition of slavery following the American Civil War. She holds a torch above her head with her right hand, and in her left hand carries a tabula ansata inscribed JULY IV MDCCLXXVI (Jin Roman numerals), the date of the U.S. ![]() The statue is a figure of Libertas, the Roman goddess of liberty. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and its metal framework was built by Gustave Eiffel. The Statue of Liberty ( Liberty Enlightening the World French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. ![]()
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