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Nearly 170,000 people boarded the ferry service from Battery Park in Manhattan to Liberty Island and nearby Ellis Island in January,cheap retro jordans, an 18 per cent rise over the same period last year, while February saw 171,000 visitors on the same service in February - a 15 per cent rise on the same month in 2016. A mild winter in New York may have contributed to the increase,cheap jordans, but both figures are the highest for Statue Cruises, the company operating the services, since 1991.


Here are a few interesting things you may not have known about the 131-year-old attraction.


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2. It was a gift from France,http://users.atw.hu/team-axone/index.php?site=forum_topic&topic=13984cheapjordanshoesfreeshipping.com/bolg, given to America in 1886.


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4. The robed female figure represents Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom.


5. She holds a torch and tablet upon which is inscribed the date of American Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776).









The statue being built in a Parisian workshop

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6. From the ground to the top of the torch the statue measures 93 metres, and weighs 204 metric tonnes.


7. Lady Liberty wears a size 879 shoe.




8. She has a 35-foot waistline


9. Visitors have to climb 354 stairs to reach the statue’s crown.


10. There are 25 windows in the crown.


11. Approximately 4.5m people visited the statue in 2016. By way of comparison, around 7m people visit The Eiffel Tower each year, and 3.75m visit The London Eye.









She holds a torch and tablet – and wears a size 879 shoe

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12. The seven spikes on the crown represent the seven oceans and the seven continents of the world, indicating the universal concept of liberty.


13. The statue has an iron infrastructure and copper exterior which has turned green due to oxidation. Although it’s a sign of damage, the patina (green coating) also acts as a form of protection from further deterioration.


14. Edouard de Laboulaye provided the idea for the statue, while Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi designed it.


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15. Laboulaye proposed that a great monument should be given as a gift from France to the United States as a celebration of both the union’s victory in the American Revolution, and the abolition of slavery.


16. Laboulaye also hoped the gift of the statue would inspire French people to fight for their own democracy in the face of a repressive monarchy under Napolean III.









She has long greeted immigrants to America

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17. Gustave Eiffel, the man who designed the Eiffel Tower was also behind the design for Liberty’s ‘spine’; four iron columns supporting a metal framework that holds the copper skin.


18. 300 different types of hammers were used to create the copper structure.


19. The statue's face was said to be modelled on the sculptor's mother, Charlotte.


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20. The statue’s original torch was replaced in 1984 by a new copper torch covered in 24k gold leaf.


21. Although you cannot see Lady Liberty’s feet clearly she is in fact standing among a broken shackle and chains, with her right foot raised, depicting her moving forward away from oppression and slavery.


22. Despite the positive meaning of the statue - American independence and the abolition of slavery - African Americans saw the statue as an ironic image of America; professing to be a country of freedom and justice for everyone regardless of race, despite racism and discrimination continuing to exist.


23. The Statue of Liberty became the symbol of immigration during the second half of the 19th century, as over 9m immigrants came to the United States, with the statue often being the first thing they saw when arriving by boat.


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24. The statue’s most famous cinematic appearance was in the 1968 film Planet of the Apes, where it is seen half buried in sand.




25. It is also destroyed in the films Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow.


26. The cost of the statue was funded by contributions from both the French and the Americans. In 1885, a New York newspaper entitled “World” announced that $102,000 had been raised from donors,cheap authentic jordans, and that 80 per cent of this total had been received in sums of less than one dollar.


27. Groups in Boston and Philadelphia offered to pay the full cost of the construction of the statue, in return for its relocation.


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28. When the statue was first erected in 1886 it was the tallest iron structure ever built.


29. In 1984 the statue was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


30. In high winds, of 50mph or more, Lady Liberty can sway by up to 3 inches, while her torch can move 5 inches.


31. Lady Liberty is thought to have been hit by around 600 bolts of lightning every year since she was built. A photographer captured this for the first time in 2010.


32. Two people have committed suicide by jumping off the statue, one in 1929 and the other in 1932, while many others have jumped and survived.


33. American poet Emma Lazarus wrote about the Statue of Liberty in a sonnet called “The New Colossus” (1883). In 1903 the poem was engraved on a bronze plaque and placed inside the lower level of the pedestal on the statue.


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34. The island in which it stands was previously called Bedloe Island, but its name was changed in 1956 to Liberty Island.


35. There are various replicas of the statue, including a smaller version in Paris, and one on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada.


36. In 1944 the lights in the crown flashed “dot-dot-dot-dash” which in the Morse code means V, for Victory in Europe.


37. Andy Warhol painted “Statue of Liberty” as part of his Pop Art series in the 1960s. It is estimated to be worth in excess of $35m.









Andy Warhol has painted it






38. The statue functioned as a lighthouse for 16 years (1886-1902), lighting a distance of up to 24 miles away.


39. The statue will be celebrating its 132nd birthday in October 2017.


40. Miss America, the comic book character, was granted her powers by the statue.


41. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, the statue was closed for security reasons, with the pedestal reopening in 2004, and the statue in 2009, but only a limited number of visitors are able to go up to the crown.


42. The statue was again closed in 2012 due to the effects of Hurricane Sandy.


43. The statue sustained minor damage in 1916 when German saboteurs set off an explosion during World War One. The torch-bearing arm suffered the most damage, with repair works costing $100,000. The stairs in the torch were then closed to the public for safety reasons, and have remained closed ever since.


44. No-one has been able to visit the torch since.


45. Private boats are not allowed to dock at Liberty and Ellis islands. Therefore the only way on is via the ferry system.







46. The statue's 300 copper pieces were transported to America in 214 crates on the French ship Isere, which almost sank in stormy seas.


47. Liberty Island is federal property within the territory of the State of New York, even though it is closer to New Jersey.


48. In 1982, it was discovered that the head had been installed two feet off centre.


49. Two images of the statue appear on a $10 bill.


50. The cost of building the statue and pedestal amounted to over $500,000, over $10m in today’s money.



The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, being older, may not get stuck in quite as enthusiastically when it comes to dealing with the royal nappy, but are sure to enjoy jiggling baby on their laps. As a seasoned grandmother of five, the marvellously no-nonsense Duchess of Cornwall will surely teach her husband a trick or two when it comes to deftly handing back the grandson the second it’s obvious to anyone else he needs more urgent attention.
As far as the Queen is concerned, I think we might be in for a surprise at just how much she will dote on the new arrival. While never demonstratively maternal, the Queen is a much-loved grandmother, as shown by warm tributes from the young royals during the Diamond Jubilee.
With Zara Phillips’s first-born expected in a matter of months, she will have two babies to dandle, and she has already signalled her pleasure.
During Kate’s pregnancy, she glowed every bit as much as her daughter-in-law did, and not only chatted more animatedly to the public than ever before, but broke all protocol on one occasion by agreeing to have her photograph taken with a Brownie (a real one, as opposed to a Duchy Original). In fact, she’s been smiling so much, it looks suspiciously as though the birth might just beat, by a nose, the euphoric moment her horse, Estimate, took the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot.
The baby will also be blessed with the paradoxically coolest-yet-hottest aunty on the planet in Pippa – but until Baby Cambridge is old enough to accessorise with a lilac Modalu handbag, Pippa’s attention will be directed towards sisterly solidarity. Aunty P is bright enough to realise her duty is to dress down, assure Kate that she will “totes” lose her baby weight and not show off her pert derrière or it will make her sister cry.
Kate’s brother, the baby’s Uncle James, is dating television presenter Donna Air, who was a child star in children’s drama Byker Grove, so she can be relied on to help broker an Equity contract if Kate and William harbour fantasies of seeing their tot being re-delivered by Chummy on Call the Midwife. And who wouldn’t?
For the wings, look no further than a black sheep – Great Uncle Gary on Mummy’s side – and a red devil, Uncle Harry on Daddy’s.
Gary Goldsmith, who is the younger brother of Carole Middleton, has been painted as a lovable rogue; and not just because of the shaven head, tattoos and Ibiza pleasure palace (now up for sale) quaintly named La Maison de Bang Bang.
It was here that this self-made, wealthy IT businessman was photographed cutting a line of cocaine after an undercover reporter brought it to his house while posing as a prospective property buyer. To the credit of Middleton mère, she stood by him and, indeed, apologised for the unwelcome media interest that Kate’s marriage had brought on him.
Subsequently, Uncle G, as he likes to be known, has played a very straight bat and there’s every reason to surmise that he, along with Harry, will be the sort of gloriously mischievous uncle every child loves to spend time with.
In time it will no doubt be naughty Harry who teaches the infant to stick out his tongue, and funny Gary who plays the clown, leaving it to William to roll his eyes in mock exasperation and order them out of the nursery.
Now he’s been (dare we say it, gladly?) demoted to fourth in line to the throne, Harry will be even less hidebound by House of Windsor protocol than ever – although it’s hard to imagine what could beat stripping naked in Vegas.
As the years go by, there will be japes and water bombs and fake dog poo, slapstick humour and horseplay. All of this, executed with Harry’s trademark devil-may-care boisterousness, will excite his nephew’s imagination, boost his creativity and bolster his confidence.
Now that fewer of us live in villages, it takes an extended family to raise a child and everyone in that family has a valuable contribution to make. And whether that gift is love or laughter, comforting routine or wild silliness, boundaries or boundless cuddles, nothing is wasted.
Roots and wings remain the key components. After all, what a child doesn’t receive now, he can seldom give later.