The Green Goddess (Statue Of Liberty) is a giant copper and iron statue on Liberty Island, New York Harbor, New York City, USA.
The Statue Of Liberty was a gift from France to the USA. It has been overlooking New York Harbor for over 135 years. Today it is the most famous icon in the United States.
From the front of the statue, it looks as if it is standing still. From the back it is actually shown walking, with her right foot rising up as if taking a step. According to the statue’s designer, this is supposed to represent the statue moving forward toward “liberty and freedom”.
The Headroom at the top of the Green Goddess has 25 windows and is on the inside of the head and crown. The crown on the Statue Of Liberty has 7 spikes to represent the 7 continents of the world (North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica).
The construction of the Statue Of Liberty started in the 1870’s and ended in 1886. That means the Statue Of Liberty was in construction for about 16 years, more or less.
Many people moved to the USA from Europe in the late 19th and 20th centuries to start their new lives in America. Huge numbers of those people arrived by boat in New York Harbor and had the Green Goddess as their first view of their new home.
People used to be allowed to climb up to the torch in the right hand; however, it was damaged in World War 1 when German spies blew up a nearby munitions depot.
The original design for the Statue Of Liberty was showing her holding broken chains. That idea eventually dropped in favor of depicting broken chains by her feet, which can’t be seen by the ground level.
The Statue Of Liberty and The Eiffel Tower have something in common. The Statue Of Liberty was designed by the French anti-slavery campaigner Edouard Rene de Laboulaye, who also designed the Eiffel Tower.
In her left hand, she is holding a “tablet of law” that shows the date of the signing of the Declaration Of Independence, which is written in Roman Numerals: “July 4, 1776”.