The statue was a gift of friendship to America from France. Inaugurated in 1886, it represents Libertas, the Roman liberty goddess, bearing a torch in her right hand and a tablet in her left hand with ...

During Glucksmann’s speech Sunday, he said, “Give us back the Statue of Liberty,” the Associated ... Bartholdi placed a broken shackle and chains at the Statue’s foot,” the website ...

the Roman liberty goddess, bearing a torch in her right hand and a tablet in her left hand with the date of the US Declaration of Independence. Broken shackles lie underneath the statue’s ...