Mini Statue of Liberty installed on Ellis Island across from her big sister in NY Harbor

Record ID: 1624510

  • Title: Mini Statue of Liberty installed on Ellis Island across from her big sister in NY Harbor
  • Date: 1st July 2021
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (JULY 1, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BRONZE REPLICA OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY (SOUNDBITE) (English) FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S., PHILIPPE ÉTIENNE, SAYING: "We are here today to celebrate Lady Liberty, the little sister will be here until after the Fourth of July, will be here for Independence Day, looking and greeting the big sister, which was a gift by the French people to the American people and which has been here since 1886. So 135 years later, it is important to remind us what it means. Of course, it is a symbol of the friendship between the French and the American people, but it is also a reminder of the importance of the message of liberty and enlightening the world, which is the name of the statue. It is the essential importance of freedom in our democracies, inside our societies and also in the world." EARLIER, VARIOUS OF WORKERS SETTING UP REPLICA OF STATUE OF LIBERTY (SOUNDBITE) (English) FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S., PHILIPPE ÉTIENNE, SAYING: "This statue, which is obviously much smaller, because it's just under 3 meters and it's 450 kilograms, is also the statue by the same sculptor, because it was cast on the mold, which has been used by the sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi to create the Statue of Liberty in the 1860s, '70s and '80s." EARLIER, VARIOUS OF WORKERS SETTING UP REPLICA OF STATUE OF LIBERTY (SOUNDBITE) (English) FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S., PHILIPPE ÉTIENNE, SAYING: "The final destination is Washington. It will be a Statue of Liberty for Washington, for the federal Capitol. but we found it so important to have this meeting between the little and the big sisters, especially on the Fourth of July and then on the 14th of July, which is our national day, Bastille Day. It will be inaugurated again, but in Washington." VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS HOLDING SIGNS READING (English): "STOP TURNING AWAY REFUGEES" AND "WHEN DID YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE BECOME A THREAT" AND "NO HUMAN BEING IS ILLEGAL" EARLIER, WORKERS SETTING UP REPLICA OF STATUE OF LIBERTY WITH STATUE OF LIBERTY ON LIBERTY ISLAND IN BACKGROUND
  • Embargoed: 15th July 2021 22:59
  • Keywords: Ellis Island Statue of Liberty bronze statue mini Statue of Liberty replica
  • Location: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • City: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Human Interest/Brights/Odd News,Society/Social Issues,United States
  • Reuters ID: LVA001EK0CY87
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:A scaled-down replica of the Statue of Liberty that began its trip from France to the United States on the back of a flat-bed truck last week, retracing the journey made over a century ago by its big sister, was erected on Ellis Island in New York Harbor on Thursday (July 1).
    The replica, which stands at 9.3 feet (2.83 meters) tall, is being loaned by a Paris museum to the United States for 10 years to cement Franco-American friendship.
    On Thursday, workmen gently uncovered the plastic film used for protection from the statue.
    "It is a symbol of the friendship between the French and the American people, but it is also a reminder of the importance of the message of liberty and enlightening the world, which is the name of the statue," said Philippe Étienne, French ambassador to the U.S. "It is the essential importance of freedom in our democracies, inside our societies and also in the world."
    The larger version of the Statue of Liberty, who stands at 305 feet tall (92.96 meters) including the base, was given by France to the United States as a gift, and was completed and assembled in 1886 and has been on Liberty Island ever since.
    The 992-pound (450-kilogram) statue was crafted from the original Statue of Liberty's 1878 plaster model by Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi and will be displayed on Ellis Island from July 1-6.
    The final destination for the bronze statue is Washington, D.C.
    "We found it so important to have this meeting between the little and the big sisters, especially on the Fourth of July and then on the 14th of July, which is our national day, Bastille Day," said Étienne. "It will be inaugurated again, but in Washington."
    (Production: Hussein Al Waaile, Roselle Chen)
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