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Sounds,08 May 2026,39 mins

The Statue of Liberty

Short History Of...

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Originally intended as a generous gift from France to celebrate the United States’ 100th birthday, the Statue of Liberty is a monument like no other. Enormous in both scale and ambition, it stretched its creators to their limits, and still defines the New York skyline to this day. But Lady Liberty’s journey to America was not without obstacles. So who was behind this impressive gift? What does the statue represent, and how was she built? And why was the famous Statue of Liberty almost never constructed at all? This is a Short History Of the Statue of Liberty. A Noiser production, written by Sean Coleman.

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