Smithsonian: Statue of Liberty was originally a Muslim woman

The Hill ^ | 11/25/15 | Bradford Richardson

[markomalley]

The Statue of Liberty was originally designed to be a Muslim woman, the Smithsonian Institution's magazine says.

 

An article on the government-administered museum’s blog, Smart News, claims one of the designers of Lady Liberty drew inspiration from monuments in Egypt and originally intended to construct a veiled female peasant on the Suez Canal.

 

The article cites historian Barry Moreno, author of multiple books about the statue, whose Islamic origins were also reported last week by The Daily Beast.

 

“Taking the form of a veiled peasant woman, the statue was to stand 86 feet high, and its pedestal was to rise to a height of 48 feet,” Moreno writes in “The Statue of Liberty.”

 

The design of the project was eventually altered to the Roman colossus who shines the light of liberty from New York harbor today. 

[mkjessup]

If Lady Liberty was supposed to be a Muslim, where is the bomb vest?

[Autonomous User]

More like Tempest Storm...she can dance like little Egypt.

[Mollypitcher1]

Marianne is still the name. France is always portrayed as a woman, as is the USA. Examples can be found at the US cemetery at Normandy, at the Monument at Chateau Thierry, and various other places in France.

[Bryanw92]

>>The Statue of Liberty was originally designed to be a Muslim woman, the Smithsonian Institution’s magazine says.

>>An article on the government-administered museum’s blog, Smart News, claims one of the designers of Lady Liberty drew inspiration from monuments in Egypt

Egyptian monuments?? Like the ones from thousands of years before Mo-Ham-Ed? Smithsonian is joining the bandwagon that says that everything from the middle east, regardless of the date, is now a muzlum invention?

[max americana]

TOTAL BULLobama! What’s next, Mount Rushmore was based on moohamed? I think everyone knows the Smithsonian turned lefty many years ago with their stupid exhibits...

[clearcarbon]

Good thing they changed their plan or it woukld have been stripped for shell casings long ago.

[JoeProBono]

[hillarys cankles]

“If Lady Liberty was supposed to be a Muslim, where is the bomb vest?”

hahahahaha.
I needed that laugh.

[goodwithagun]

A muslim woman . . . who gained freedom in America.

[FR_addict]

I didn’t catch that. Funny!

[Oratam]

Yeah, and the Eiffel Tower started out as a mineret.

Betholdi used his mother's face and his mistress's body as models for his statue, Liberty Enlightening the World.

[Mollypitcher1]

By the way, the metallic structure of the statue was designed by Eiffel....yeah the same one who built the Tower.

[sparklite2]

This was to be it.  The inscription
was going to be ...

Gimme jihad, gimme dat jihad,
gimme gimme gimme gimme
gimme gimme gimme gimme
gimme jihad, gimme dat jihad,
gimme gimme gimme jihad.

[EternalVigilance]

Dear Smithsonian,

We want all our stuff back.

Signed,

Sane Americans

[FlingWingFlyer]

So, could the SCOTUS be fashioned after a bunch of Muzzie ninja women?

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Would you like a crock to put your Shi’ite in Mohammadman?

[digger48]

[Hostage]

Oh yeah! Oh yay! Finally, the truth comes out!!!

/bullsh*t

[Lizavetta]

am so sick of muslim-mania. To have a single button I could push to vaporize every one of them on earth my finger longs to push it.

I suspect that your rage is more towards our "leaders" that allow them to have influence and power. Am I right?

[georgiegirl]

Smithsonian Institute has long been drinking the leftist coolaid. We’ve had a gift subscription to their magazine for decades and read it for amusement only.