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Smithsonian: Statue of Liberty was originally a Muslim woman
The Hill ^
| 11/25/15
| Bradford Richardson
Posted on 11/25/2015 4:44:15 PM PST by 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.
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To: markomalley
If Lady Liberty was supposed to be a Muslim, where is the bomb vest?
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posted on
11/25/2015 4:53:56 PM PST
by
mkjessup
(Trump & Cruz are the ONLY candidates to which we can trust America's security.)
To: markomalley
More like Tempest Storm...she can dance like little Egypt.
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posted on
11/25/2015 4:54:38 PM PST
by
Autonomous User
(During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
To: Darksheare
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.
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posted on
11/25/2015 4:54:49 PM PST
by
Mollypitcher1
(I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
To: 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 museumâs 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?
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posted on
11/25/2015 4:55:18 PM PST
by
Bryanw92
(Sic semper tyrannis)
To: WENDLE
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...
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posted on
11/25/2015 4:55:43 PM PST
by
max americana
(fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
To: markomalley
Good thing they changed their plan or it woukld have been stripped for shell casings long ago.
To: markomalley
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posted on
11/25/2015 4:56:50 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING ’VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: mkjessup
“If Lady Liberty was supposed to be a Muslim, where is the bomb vest?”
hahahahaha.
I needed that laugh.
To: markomalley
A muslim woman . . . who gained freedom in America.
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posted on
11/25/2015 4:57:30 PM PST
by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: Bryanw92
I didn’t catch that. Funny!
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posted on
11/25/2015 4:57:32 PM PST
by
FR_addict
(Ryan needs to go!)
To: markomalley
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.
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posted on
11/25/2015 4:57:44 PM PST
by
Oratam
To: Mollypitcher1
By the way, the metallic structure of the statue was designed by Eiffel....yeah the same one who built the Tower.
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posted on
11/25/2015 4:58:07 PM PST
by
Mollypitcher1
(I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
To: WENDLE
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.
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posted on
11/25/2015 4:58:55 PM PST
by
sparklite2
(Islam = all bathwater, no baby.)
To: markomalley
Dear Smithsonian,
We want all our stuff back.
Signed,
Sane Americans
To: markomalley
So, could the SCOTUS be fashioned after a bunch of Muzzie ninja women?
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posted on
11/25/2015 5:01:31 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Carlyle Begay. More bad news for the Clintonistas and the Democrats.)
To: markomalley
Would you like a crock to put your Shi’ite in Mohammadman?
To: markomalley
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posted on
11/25/2015 5:02:57 PM PST
by
digger48
To: markomalley
Oh yeah! Oh yay! Finally, the truth comes out!!!
/bullsh*t
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posted on
11/25/2015 5:04:16 PM PST
by
Hostage
(ARTICLE V)
To: W.
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?
To: markomalley
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.
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