Posts Tagged ‘Statue of Liberty’

Statue of Liberty first conceived as a Muslim Woman

Friday, December 11th, 2015

The Statue of Liberty was originally conceived as a Muslim peasant woman and was to have stood at the approach to the Suez Canal, a lantern in her upraised hand serving as both lighthouse and a symbol of progress. But the sculptor, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi of France, proved unable to sell the idea to the Read more