The Statue of Liberty, New York

...experiences on a few of the Big Apple's major sights, the first one being the Statue of Liberty! The Statue of Liberty was actually a gift to the United States from the French, way back in the year 1886. It was given as a gesture of friendship and was to commemorate the centennial of the signing of the US Declaration of Independence. This is why the date July 4th is written on the tablet the Liberty holds in one of her hands. In the other she holds ...
...immigrants saw as they reached the coasts of the United States (back in the late 1800's, early 1900's) and was seen as a beacon of hope/enlightenment and new life for the thousands of people that descended upon those shores. The statue (correct name, Liberty Enlightening the World) is located on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. It is basically just off the coast of Manhattan and very accessible to get to. The Statue is now a National Monument ...

Spottydog11 18.11.2008 · Read full review
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...visited NYC in 2004 and The Statue of Liberty (or Liberty Enlightening the World, to give the correct title) was one of the things I really wanted to visit - other than that, I was happy to wander around the city! Having read how busy the statue can get, we made our way to purchase tickets early in the morning. The ticket office is located in Castle Clinton (originally built to protect against the English) on the southern tip of Manhatten. There ...
...the Island, Tour of the pedestal, Tour of the Museum etc. We opted for the full package which came to around $20 each (£10ish). It should be noted that there is no charge for visiting the island - the charge is for the ferry ride (which is the only way to get there!!). Waiting for the ferry, we were entertained by street acrobats - well worth a couple of dollars of anybody's money and we then proceeded through security where we walked through metal ...

pittodriefaithful 08.06.2007 · Read full review
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...sure that I got on the ferrry passed the Statue of Liberty so I could get some pictures as the one's I had obtained last time were awful. The Statue of Liberty itself or should I say Liberty Enlightening the World as it is otherwise known. The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States from France in recognition of their friendship that was created during the American Revolution and on October 28th 1986 the Statue of Liberty celebrated her ...
...Liberty and that was the gift from the French to the Americans The statue was eventually completed in France in 1884 in the July and arrived at New York Harbour in June 1885. In October 1886 the statue was unveiled by President Grover Cleveland in front of spectators. The statue has now become known to symbolise freedom and democracy as well as international friendship. It is not hard to miss the famous statue with a fantastic skyline in the backdrop ...

KELLYLOUJ 01.03.2006 · Read full review
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The United States, the Statue of Liberty, cultural heritage, included in the 1984 World Heritage List. Goddess of the steel skeleton by the design of the Eiffel Tower in Paris design, sculpture by French sculptor Wei Lei Bo Duke design, and completed in Paris. The French government will sign a free commemorative like, as the United States to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the independence of the gifts presented to the United States. Since completion ...
...Liberty as a symbol of the United States, located in New York City to the west of Manhattan, a small island - the island free, holding her torch, stands at the entrance to New York to Hong Kong, Shou looked at the city day and night, since the end of the 19th century has ushered in since the To the millions of immigrants to settle in the United States. In 1984 it was included in the World Heritage List. French people like the Statue of Liberty presented ...

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...and My husband did the boat trip out to the Statue of Liberty and then on to Ellis Island. My husband Bought 2 tickets in advance for earliest ferry .We have no problems with security check. We sat on up top in the ferry.We really enjoyed great views and the skyline . it's unbeleivable trip of our life. The view of New york from the ferry was amazingly . Statue of Liberty seemed great from the distance.Once we got to the island its free to wander ...
...from France to the USA. It's designing was beautiful.It's pretty cool.When we get in the island WE started taking pictures.we did enjoy going up to the pedestal. we get to see the inside of the statue and see how it is put together.When we get to the top that time we really enjoyed the nice views.it was very exciting trip. We bought the postcards.We wanted to spend whole time on this island. After having the whole round of island then we again get ...

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The Statue of Liberty is definately something you have to see if you go to New York or "Liberty Enlightening the World" which it is also known as. Outside the ticket offices there are people dressed up as the statue of liberty were you can get your photo taken however you will have to pay them a donation which aint much. My sis pretended that he didnt get the photo the first time so e had a few pictures (she definately wanted value for money) lol! ...
...before you get onto the boat over to see the statue. Once on the boat the views from the water were fantastic we got some great photos. What surprised me was that the statue was alot smaller than I had initially thought. Once onto the island where the statue is you can get some great photos of the skyline. You can not actualy go into the statue itself but you can climb up the platform she is standing on. You will get more security checks in which ...

DeniseKelly40 23.08.2007 (24.08.2007) · Read full review
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...had to see all of the touristy things and spent most of our time walking - yes walking - around the city. The first thing we saw when we arrived (at night ) was the Statue of Liberty - it was great in the sense that it was familiar somehow and looked really nice all lit up. We finally decided to try to go visit it and proceeded to walk to the financial district to catch the ferry. Now, we went at a really busy time of year but people were actually ...
...to the front of at a cost of 30 dollars! We decided we didn't want to wait that long and so got onto the Staten Island Ferry instead. We got on straight away (no excessively long queues!) and proceeded to take all of our snapshots on the crossing over as you got a really good view of it. The ferry crossing was also free - which was another factor which drew us there! Whilst standing in yet another queue, this time for the Empire State Building, ...

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