So you don’t regret saying I needed a clue. Sad, as Trump would say.
“The Statue of Liberty was built to commemorate the end of slavery in America, not immigration, legal or otherwise.”
I stand by what I said. Look at your comment. Immigration was indeed brought up to raise funds.
The fact is that the sculptor did what he had to do no matter what country...to get his original idea erected...including making up a story in a fund raising pamphlet to help sell it.
The original drawing was not made to end slavery. It is clear that the drawing was the basis for our statue with changes made to sell it.
If the statue was erected because of the end of Slavery..then why didn’t NY or Congress fund it?
It started with an idea and a sculptor that was bent on getting that idea erected somewhere. That is a tribute to him...not Eiffel who seems to get the credit on this thread for being the originator of the sculpture idea