I stand by what I said. I don’t think you have a clue because you said it was all about slavery. It wasn’t.
And there is plenty of information out there to show it wasn’t..and in fact..from the french side..it was really about Napolean.
And again..it was about Napolean..not American Slavery
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Over brandy and cigars, he and his guests, who included Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, the prominent sculptor, decided to organize a public campaign to commemorate American liberty with a grand gift to the United States. But the gift would double as an implicit critique of Napoleon III.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/opinion/03berenson.html
Although the dinner is disputed...its all part of the myth
I stand by what I said. I don’t think you have a clue because you said it was all about slavery. It wasn’t.
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According to your link, for the most part I was right. The primary reason for the Statue of Liberty was to commemorate the end of slavery. The only thing I left out was the secondary reason was to commemorate the centennial of American independence. By any reasonable account I had a clue.
So now, not only will you not apologize, but you are compounding your error by repeating the false accusation. While I did learn a bit more about the statue, I learned a lot more about you.