The Statue of Liberty stands 151 feet 1 inch tall and weighs 225 tons supported by a 92-foot central pylon, with a side appendage to support the raised arm. The pedestal beneath slightly more than ...

The 151-foot statue was assembled in France by 1884 and presented to the U.S. minister to France that same year. Then came the challenge of actually bringing it stateside. Bartholdi had selected ...

In 1930, German archaeologists uncovered the lower half of a massive statue, estimating that it likely originally stood some ...

A French Parliament member is demanding that the U.S. return the Statue of Liberty to France, who gifted the statue to ...

Give us back the Statue of Liberty.’” France gifted the statue, which stands at 305 feet tall and weighs 450,000 lbs, to the U.S. on July 4, 1884, to commemorate the 108th anniversary of the ...

smaller replica of the statue — at just 9 feet tall — to the U.S. on a 10-year loan as a reminder of the friendship and shared values between the two countries. "Little Lady Liberty" briefly ...