Posted on 07/04/2021 2:42:41 PM PDT by Libloather
New Yorkers have a surprise gift to look forward to for this Independence Day: a second Statue of Liberty sent by France. This new bronze statue, nicknamed the "little sister," is one-sixteenth the size of the world-famous one that stands on Liberty Island. On Monday, during a special ceremony, the smaller sibling was lifted and loaded into a special container at the National Museum of Arts and Crafts (CNAM) in central Paris, where it has been installed since 2011 in the museum's garden. It will be erected on Ellis Island, just across the water from the original, from July 1 to July 5.
The statue, over 450 kilograms (992 pounds) in weight and just shy of 10 feet tall, was first made in 2009. It is an exact replica of the original 1878 plaster model preserved by CNAM.
"The statue symbolizes freedom and the light around all the world," said Olivier Faron, general administrator of the CNAM. "We want to send a very simple message: Our friendship with the United States is very important, particularly at this moment. We have to conserve and defend our friendship."
The replica bears the same neoclassic design as its "big sister" in New York, who represents the Roman goddess Libertas and measures 151 feet tall atop the giant pedestal. She is imbued with symbolism: the crown with seven spikes, representing sun rays extending out to the world; a tablet inscribed with America's date of independence in Roman numerals; and broken chains and shackles lying at its left foot, signifying the abolition of slavery in the United States.
The date of the ceremony was symbolic as well, held just after the 77th anniversary of D-Day during World War II, when American and other Allied soldiers landed on French soil in 1944...
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Who will pay for the pedestal this time? Maybe it will be so small it can ride on a raft.
Can we send them all members of BLM as a thank you?
It’s probably filled with newly printed francs for the Biden Crime Family.
How lovely.
Well said.
You need to reread your history lessons. France contributed huge sums of money and quite a bit in arms to our cause.
MAGA!
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This would make a great John McNaughton painting.
Rochambeau was certainly an impressive figure and we did get loads of money and the French Fleet. Very impressive.
I suspect that the “news” we get about France and the French is as distorted as the “news” that they get about us.
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