Johnson’s tactics were not a surprise. Before running for Congress ... wrote the sonnet “The New Colossus” to raise money for the construction of the Statue of Liberty because she believed the statue ...

My heart quickened as I spied the Statue of Liberty, alone on her island near ... the precariousness of all she represents. Clad in a green topcoat, her oxidized copper patina is both life-like ...

Made in Paris by the French sculptor Bartholdi, in collaboration with Gustave Eiffel (who was responsible for the steel framework), this towering monument to liberty was a gift from France on the ...