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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, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886. The statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, is of a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence. A broken chain lies at her feet. The statue has become an iconic symbol of freedom and of the United States. Bartholdi was inspired by French law professor and politician Édouard René de Laboulaye, who commented in 1865 that any monument raised to American independence would properly be a joint project of the French and American peoples. Due to the troubled political situation in France, work on the statue did not commence until the early 1870s. In 1875, Laboulaye proposed that the French finance the statue and the Americans provide the pedestal and the site. Bartholdi completed both the head and the torch-bearing arm before the statue was fully designed, and these pieces were exhibited for publicity at international expositions. The arm was displayed in New York’s Madison Square Park from 1876 to 1882. Fundraising proved difficult, especially for the Americans, and by 1885 work on the pedestal was threatened due to lack of funds. Publisher Joseph ...
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Das lang erwartete Video ist da - die Sommer Must Haves 2011 - Ich hoffe euch gefällt das Video und meine Freude dieses Video zu drehen bestrahlt euch :) Über eine aktive Beteiligung und Unterstützung in Form eines Daumen Hoch und Kommentars würde ich mich sehr sehr sehhhhr freuen :) Regeln um ...
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This is how i lost. With terrible connection.  1. Bounce me off with the grenade so i cant shoot him 2. Stickies wont work + Shotgun 3. BR Duel.. Finally... what happens?
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