The Statue of Liberty was conceived and executed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, as a present to America, in celebration of the United States' centenary celebrations of 1876, after his trip here. It was mostly funded by FRENCH AND AMERICAN MASONS ( Bartholdi had become a Mason in 1874 ) and was NOT thought up by, paid for, nor had ANYTHING at all to do with any "foreign government" intervention, thought, nor agenda.
If you want more of this statue's history, I'll get back to you later. :-)
Ummmmmmmmm...I'm a "renowned historian" ?
Responding to a post that stated: "This country was founded on "give us your tired, your poor," etc."
I posted: "This certainly is not what our country was founded on. This is what a foreign government wanted us to do and put it on a statue it gave to us."
You posted the blindingly obvious inconsistency:
"When France gave us the Statue of Liberty"
"Neither that poem, nor the Statue of Liberty, herself, had ANYTHING at all to do with any 'foreign government'"
So, it was given to us by France but it had nothing to do with a foreign government?
Dense or what?
Your lack of any propensity towards logic would, indeed, serve you well as a liberal historian.