[death2tyrants]

The idea that the French were siding with us for our liberty is one of those cherished mythologies of the American nation.

And the Statue of Liberty is also one of those cherished mythologies of the American nation. /s

[NVDave]

Man, you must have gone to public schools or something.

Here’s a little timeline:

American Revolution: 1775 to 1783.

Statue of Liberty: 1886 — about 100 years later.

The two have nothing to do with each other WRT to France. In that century, the French crown had been literally beheaded, they had gone through the self-convulsion of the revolutionaries, then Napoleon and were just coming out of the Franco-Prussian war. The only thing that France in the 1880’s had in common with France of the American Revolution is geography and the language. Other than that, we were dealing with two completely different countries.

[the OlLine Rebel]

The French government was totally different a few years after the RevWar - butchers overthrew nobility ruthlessly. Frankly, I find it galling (gaulling) that the French acted so proud of their efforts of the distant past when it was the allegedly hated royalty and nobility that pushed forward any support.