The Statue of Liberty is a copper statue on Liberty Island in the harbour in New York City, designed by the French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi as a gift to the United States from the people of France in 1886. The statue represents the Roman goddess, Libertas, who carries a torch and a tablet inscribed with the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.
The feet for the statue of Liberty arrive on Liberty in 1885
A broken chain and shackles lies at the base of statue of the right foot with was supposed to reflect the abolition of slavery, though this was probably not quite the reality for most at the time.
Based on the size of the feet of the statue, it is extrapolated that she would apparently wear a size 879 shoe.
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