What does the statue of liberty represent? Well, many people seek an answer to this question. The Statue of Liberty was made by made by France and America to remember the lasting friendship between the peoples of the two nations. But the question arises, “who built the statue of liberty?” Many similar questions related to the statue of liberty history are mentioned in this post. Also, we have thrown light on the statue of liberty facts and other important information related to this huge statue is mentioned in this post.

The Statue of Liberty Facts – Important Information

• If you ask someone,” who built the statue of liberty?”. Most of the people would answer the name of the French sculptor, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi behind this creation. And people often say the statue was given by France to America as a gift. But this is not true. He decided to build a massive lighthouse in the shape of a woman. He visited America and tried to build it with the funds from governmental organizations. However, he didn’t get any funds and himself raised the money through fundraising strategies.
• Bartholdi was not the first one to craft the design of the statue. The statue was originally designed for the Suez Canal in Egypt.
• Americans didn’t welcome Bartholdi’s statue and it was very difficult to generate funds. After 15 years, when the statue of liberty was finally assembled in Paris, then only Americans accepted the statue gracefully.
• The statue’s torch was exhibited in Philadelphia and people gathered in large numbers to enter the torch of the statue. A lot of funds was generated through these entries to view the surroundings from the top. Since the statue of liberty height is 93, so people got a wonderful chance to view the city scene from a high height.
• The statue of Liberty also nearly went to Boston. This happened because of the fact that it was quite difficult at that time to generate funds from New York. So, Boston expressed its desire to get the statue.
• In the year 1871, when Bartholdi came to New York he selected Brooklyn’s Prospect Park and the newly constructed Central Park as the first choices for the placement of the Statue of Liberty.
• Earlier, it was decided that the statue of liberty was originally supposed to be a lighthouse.
• Bartholdi proposed to Americans to fund money so as to cover the statue with gold. It was decided to cover it with gold just to make it visible in the dark.