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August 5, 2007

Statue of Liberty’s Cornerstone Is Laid

The Statue of Liberty, located on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, was a gift to the US from France to commemorate the centennial of the Declaration of Independence. The statue was designed by the French sculptor F.A. Bartholdi and depicts a woman with an uplifted arm holding a torch. The pedestal was designed by American architect Richard Morris Hunt, and its cornerstone was laid on August 5, 1885. Who served as Bartholdi's model for the Statue of Liberty?
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