Statue of Liberty - Symbol of Freedom and American Heritage #3592024 (License: Personal Use)

This image shows the full-scale Statue of Liberty, a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. Crafted by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and engineered by Gustave Eiffel, the statue features a green patina copper exterior, a spiked crown representing sun rays, and holds a torch aloft in her right hand and a tabula ansata inscribed with the date of the U.S. Declaration of Independence in her left. She stands atop a granite pedestal designed by Richard Morris Hunt, embodying ideals of freedom, democracy, and opportunity.

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