The Statue of Liberty, France's gift to the United States, was originally viewed as a tribute to the end of slavery. But poet Emma Lazarus reimagined Lady Liberty as a "mother of exiles," welcoming ...

A miniature replica of the Statue of Liberty arrived in New Jersey after a week-long voyage from France on Wednesday morning and will be set up at Ellis Island for Independence Day. The 10-foot ...

The monument in New York Harbor has served as a symbol of freedom since it was gifted to the United States from France. A museum honoring that history is now under construction. Barges carrying ...

In addition to welcoming millions of immigrants arriving at neighboring Ellis Island (the “huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” in the words of Emma Lazarus’ poem, itself written as ...

The Statue of Liberty was conceived in 1865 by French historian Édouard de Laboulaye as a gift to the newly-reunified United States following the Civil War. It took nearly 10 years to construct.

Standing over New York Harbor on Liberty Island, the copper statue was initially given to the United States as a gift from the people of France in 1886.

"A new era in relations between France and the United States will open up, that's what we want." The larger version of the Statue of Liberty was given by France to the United States as a gift, and ...

A French politician is calling for the United States to give back the Statue of Liberty, saying that Americans “have chosen to switch to the side of tyrants.” Center-left politician Raphaël ...

This just in from the Obama White House: The Statue of Liberty, the colossal neoclassical statue on Liberty Island in the middle of New York Harbor, designed by Frédéric August Bartholdi and ...

The iconic Statue of Liberty shines bright green in the New York Harbor, but NYC natives and tourists alike may be surprised to find that the monument has not always looked this way.

The Statue of Liberty was first proposed in 1865 by French historian Édouard de Laboulaye as a gift to the newly reunified United States following the Civil War.

The United States has debated immigration since the country's founding, and the Statue of Liberty—a potent symbol for immigrants—is often invoked as an argument for why we should usher in ...