The Statue of Liberty was shown on October 28th, 1886. The tower was a gift from France, originally named: "Liberty Enlightening the World". The statue stands at Liberty Island in New York. At the time, President Grover accepted this gift as a monument to celebrate 100 years of American Independence.
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ReplyDeleteInterestingly enough, I think he ended up changing his topic to Cecil Rhodes.
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