LEGO Architecture 21042

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TheStatueofLibertywasintendedtobeseenasauniversal
symbolof enlightenment and freedomThe robed female
figure itself represents Libertas the Roman goddess of
freedomandalthoughyoucannotseeherfeetclearlyshe
standsamongabrokenshackleandchainswithherright
footraiseddepictinghermovingawayfromoppressionand
slaveryThesevenspikesonthecrownrepresenttheseven
oceansandthesevencontinentsoftheworldreinforcing
theuniversalconceptofliberty
OvertimetheStatuewouldalsoemergeasawelcoming
symbolofhopetodifferentgenerationsofimmigrantstothe
USBetweenandalmostmillionimmigrants
enteredtheUnitedStatesthroughNewYorkTheStatueof
Libertywasoftenthefirstthingtheysawastheyarrivedby
shipintheirnewhomeland
TheAmericanNationalParkServicetookoverresponsibility
fortheislandinandsetabouttransformingthearea
aroundtheStatueintoaparkBedloe’sIslandwasrenamed
LibertyIslandintocommemoratethecompletionof
this work The Statue was designated a UNESCO World
Heritage Site in  and continues to attract around 
millionvisitorseachyear
AUniversalIcon
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
EmmaLazarus
TheNewColossus
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