This replica of our Statue of Liberty stands on the Île aux Cygnes and faces west towards the United States. This 1/4 scale replica inaugurated on 4 July, 1889, was given by the American community in Paris to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution. It originally faced east toward la Tour Eiffel but was turned in 1937. A plaque at the base bears the inscription IV juillet 1776 = XIV juillet, 1789.
3 comments:
She certainly seems elegant!
I have a particular fondness for Lady Liberty! I always get emotional imagining how immigrants coming to the US by boat must have felt looking at her. She is the true symbol of freedom! Happy Independence day!
Lovely photo.
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