The statue of freedom was a gift from France to the United States in the eighties of the nineteenth century, where they celebrated their friendship and the anniversary of the independence of the United States.
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A French political request from the United States to restore the statue of freedom, indicating that the country no longer amounts to the level of values represented by the green gift.
“He had a message” for the Americans who chose alongside tyrants … who shot researchers to demand scientific freedom. “
“We prepared a statue of freedom,” it is He said with a smile The crowd also chanted. “We have presented it to you as a gift, but it seems that you despise it. So it will be fine here at home.”
Lady Liberty – the full name “Freedom Enlighten the world-He was conceived by the French anti-slavery activist Edward de Labulay in 1865 to honor the centenary of the American independence declaration and friendship with France, which helped his support in winning the American revolution.
After years of construction, shipping and assembly, the statue was officially discovered in 1886 in New York Port, where it was a high flame and Words of welcome I received Millions of immigrants Those who arrived at Elis Island in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
I have been endured as a world world Freedom symbolPatriotism and democracy – and its absence – in decades since then.
“The ordinary people, from American polling scientists in the nineteenth century and the 1980s, raised the Chinese students in the 1980s, similar to the statue to call for more National Park Service (NPS), which maintains the site.
Glucksmann’s comments come at a time when the United States was criticized at home and abroad to abandon some of these obligations, including by eliminating immigration and isolating European allies. Glucksmann was an audio critic of President Trump’s decision to suspend temporary aid to Ukraine because it defends Russia.
When asked about the request of Jojoksmann – who has since confirmed, he was symbolic – in a briefing on Monday, the press secretary of the White House Caroline Levitt, said, “Certainly no.”
“My advice to the French politician, whose low -level name was not revealed is their reminder that only because of the United States of America that the French are not talking to German at the present time, so they must be very grateful to our great country,” Levitte added.
Nobody really regains the statue
Glucksmann responded in a The subject of 10 parts on x The American people, admitting, “I will not be here if hundreds of thousands of American youth have not landed on our beaches in Normandy.”
However, he said, this was a different version of America – the one that “fought against the tyrants, did not cure them;” One “welcomed persecution and did not target them.”
He wrote: “He was far from what your current boss does, embody and embody.”
He specifically referred to the “Treasure of Ukraine and Europe” specifically the Trump administration, as well as its treatment of scientists. It is worth noting: a recent French University I launched an initiative To welcome American scientists whose work cannot be defended due to management research discounts.
Ghlixsman said his comments were aimed at “an invitation to wake up.”
“No one, of course, will come and steal the statue of freedom,” wrote. “The statue is for you. But what it embodies belongs to everyone. If the free world no longer arouses the attention of your government, we will take the flame here in Europe.”
It will be difficult for the statue of freedom to remember France, because it is owned by the American government, According to UNESCO. It is also a national monument and a major tourist attraction, drawing 3 million visitors In 2023 alone.
The United States had to work for the gift
A pattern depicting the fireworks show at the opening of the Freedom statue in 1886.
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While the statue of freedom was a gift, creators believe that the project should be a common effort: the French paid the statue, while the United States paid the price of the statue.
This included huge efforts to collect donations in both countries, through advertising, public events and souvenir sales.
“Although wealthy individuals contributed, it was the small donations of hundreds of thousands of workers and children on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean that made the statue of freedom true,” says Nps.
The French sculptor was led Design and construction One of the components of copper in the statue-from the crown to a dress-for several years, while working with American architect Richard Morris Hunt to design the statue of 154 feet.
The 151 -foot statue was collected in France by 1884 and came to the Minister of the United States to France in the same year. Then the challenge of bringing it already came.
BEBLOE – is now called Liberty Island – in New York as a statue, because it was visible to every ship entering the New York port. But to get there, the statue had to be dismantled to 350 pieces, transported on a French marine ship and reassembled – by the construction crew that is largely consisting of new immigrants, according to NPS.
The statue was finally revealed on a rainy day in October 1886, when a million New York residents saw and chanted.
“When it is time for Bartholdy to launch the French three -color flag that blocked Liberty’s face, he looked roar of weapons, zeroes and applause,” says NPS.
Bronze painting with “”New Colossus“A poem was added to the American Jewish poet and activist Emma Lazaros-to the base of the statue in 1903, when the famous phrase stated:” Give me your texture, your poor, your frozen fans yearn for free breathing. “
The symbolism of the statue and its likeness extended beyond New York in the years. Symptoms can be found all over the world, and even circulated by the United States and France.
He sent the French who live in the United States A replica of their homeland In 1889 the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. The statue was placed on an artificial island in the Seine River in Paris, and the French presidential palace was originally confronted. She turned to confront her American sister in New York in 1937.
Decades, in 2021, France sent a replica of the statue-only 9 feet length-to the United States on a 10-year loan as a reminder of friendship and common values between the two countries. “Little Lady Liberty” briefly joined her older sister in New York before she went to Washington, DC, where she is displayed outside the residence of the French ambassador.