Who Paid for the Statue of Liberty?

[jmppsu424]

Part of another thread

 

[Jovialgent]

That's very interesting. Asking the obvious question, since Joseph Pulitzer organized the fund-raising drive for the pedestal, did he win a Pulitzer Prize?

 

[BobPSU92]

I’m sure Penn State paid for it in someway.

 

[androcles]

...do you mean the one in New York harbor or the one in the river at Harrisburg?...

 

[BobPSU92]

...do you mean the one in New York harbor or the one in the river at Harrisburg?...

 

[cvilleelkscoach]

Mexico?

 

[phillybillyreprise]

...do you mean the one in New York harbor or the one in the river at Harrisburg?...

Or the one in Paris on the Seine?

 

[step.eng69]

...do you mean the one in New York harbor or the one in the river at Harrisburg?...

New York Bay.,...The torch is a symbol of enlightenment....
The Statue of Liberty's torch lights the way to freedom showing us the path to Liberty. Even the Statue's official name represents her most important symbol "LibertyEnlightening the World". ...

Susquehanna River, Harrisburg....
Represents what....?
Gene Stlip, the pink pig, led the charge to have Kathleen Kane impeached.

Damn, am I cynical

 

[okinburg1]

Trump

 

[AvgUser]

Al Gore

 

[LionDeNittany]

This guy... government grants

 

[Ct. Lion]

It was a gift from France.

 

[psuguy43]

It was a gift from France.

Correct. We didn't buy it

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

Probably this...

 

[Nitwit97]

It was a gift from France.

Ben Franklin won it in a card game. . . I am sure of it.

 

[PS4814]

...do you mean the one in New York harbor or the one in the river at Harrisburg?...

Most fun on the trip up with people that have never been that route before. "Get ready to see the Statue of Liberty from here", you get the first reaction of shut up you idiot, then the awe and confusion when they see it. Love it.

Also - the original sketch of Lady Liberty when she was destined for the Suez Canal

https://blogs.voanews.com/all-about...e-statue-of-liberty-almost-ended-up-in-egypt/

"That’s right, the world’s most recognized symbol of freedom and the American dream, was originally intended for Egypt, which ultimately rejected it for being too old fashioned.

The decision came as a disappointment to Lady Liberty’s creator, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, who’d envisioned the Suez Canal as the ideal venue for his mammoth harbor structure.

“He was inspired by the Sphinx and the pyramids and the idea you could create something massive that could almost be eternal,” said Elizabeth Mitchell, who brings Bartholdi’s quest to life in her book Liberty’s Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the Statue of Liberty."