After its dedication the statue became an icon of freedom and of the United States, being subsequently seen as a symbol of welcome to immigrants arriving by sea. A broken chain and shackle lie at her feet as she walks forward, commemorating the national abolition of slavery following the American Civil War. ![]() She holds a torch above her head with her right hand, and in her left hand carries a tabula ansata inscribed JULY IV MDCCLXXVI (Jin Roman numerals), the date of the U.S. The statue is a figure of Libertas, the Roman goddess of liberty. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886. ![]() The copper statue, a gift from the people of France, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and its metal framework was built by Gustave Eiffel. ![]() The Statue of Liberty ( Liberty Enlightening the World French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States.
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