The Real NYC #33 - The Statue of Liberty
I am not one who gets verklempt at “patriotic” landmarks. I have a lot of issues with the history of this country, and I am not very quick to accept the argument that says, “Well, you have to understand the times.” That being said, there are two monuments that I find moving. One is The Lincoln Memorial. The other is the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty was designed by Frederic Bartholdi and built by Gustav Eiffel. It was designed in the late 1860’s as a tribute by the French to the Union winning the Civil War and the approaching centennial of the founding of the United States. http://aspiringwriter.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Statue-Of-Liberty-Arm-1876-Phildadelphis-Cenetennial-Exposition.jpg via wikipedia commons My feelings about the statue in the bay are not blind patriotism. they have a lot more to do with what that statue meant to immigrants coming here for so many years. I can only imagine what my grandparents thought when they...