The Statue of Liberty: Building an Icon

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  • @scottmoore1614
    @scottmoore1614 4 года назад +415

    I still think it’s amazing that they built the entire statue in France, disassembled it , boxed it up, shipped it over to the US and then reassembled it in NY!

    • @richardv9648
      @richardv9648 3 года назад +14

      yes. instead of feeding starving kids in france.

    • @r011ing_thunder6
      @r011ing_thunder6 3 года назад +32

      @@richardv9648 don’t worry those starving kids are fed now

    • @franckdebzh7608
      @franckdebzh7608 3 года назад +22

      @@richardv9648 In 1875, France was still one of the most rich countries in the World.

    • @Entasis5555
      @Entasis5555 3 года назад

      @@richardv9648 england was so much better lol stupid noob

    • @imed122
      @imed122 3 года назад

      @@richardv9648 yes with Algeria money they stole and killed my over 10 million person over 132 years lol :)

  • @froter1
    @froter1 3 года назад +74

    I feel very lucky that when we visited NYC in 1968 , we got to go up the arm to the torch and stand on the balcony... It was tricky getting up there , you had to climb a series of ladders that followed the arm shape ...
    It's long been closed to the public

  • @personinapurplebackground7410
    @personinapurplebackground7410 5 лет назад +1362

    Even France gives Better birthday gifts than my uncle

    • @wendystwitter7199
      @wendystwitter7199 5 лет назад +75

      What do you mean “even” France?

    • @JMH702
      @JMH702 4 года назад +5

      NoAimSteww lmfao exactly

    • @MsJobbyjabber
      @MsJobbyjabber 4 года назад +23

      This doesn’t make any sense

    • @PolarTDI
      @PolarTDI 4 года назад +3

      Better than most people

    • @langraman8756
      @langraman8756 4 года назад +8

      it was gift by the French freemasons

  • @ajtronic
    @ajtronic 6 лет назад +1322

    It would have been a treat to see the statue in it's unoxidized state.

    • @maxnoerenberg6370
      @maxnoerenberg6370 5 лет назад +41

      you can always watch the series #Fringe and see the unoxidized version in the alternate universe!

    • @timclemons5473
      @timclemons5473 5 лет назад +56

      ajtronic
      In the 1980s a campaign to restore the statue took place. The statue was cleaned and was shiny for about a year.

    • @repentANDobey
      @repentANDobey 5 лет назад +11

      Shes not a she, shes a he, aka ishtar. Look it up, wake up, its satanic!

    • @NatureShy
      @NatureShy 5 лет назад +74

      @@repentANDobey lol, boomer

    • @AJayAnswersYou
      @AJayAnswersYou 5 лет назад +7

      You can see it here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty#/media/File:Detroit_Photographic_Company_(0707).jpg

  • @alexmontgomery255
    @alexmontgomery255 5 лет назад +154

    19th century French engineering, architecture and art at its finest. The face of this iconic statue is that of Bartholdi’s mother, Charlotte.

  • @Jack_all
    @Jack_all 6 лет назад +128

    how amazing would it have been to see the statue of liberty standing in Paris

    • @SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath
      @SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath 6 лет назад +34

      There is still a small one in Paris.

    • @Jack_all
      @Jack_all 6 лет назад +4

      Cool.. I've been there 3 times and haven't scratched the surface of what that city has to offer.

    • @stuartriddle919
      @stuartriddle919 5 лет назад +3

      Black.Flaps .Dont.Match well aren’t you a little ray of sunshine

    • @Tech-cy9yo
      @Tech-cy9yo 3 года назад +9

      It’s looks better with the U.S.

    • @iancruz6617
      @iancruz6617 3 года назад +2

      @@Tech-cy9yo Yea and it become green how it end up being because how the air was

  • @davidrosner6267
    @davidrosner6267 6 лет назад +295

    This is a story Americans living in the 21st century should remember!

    • @johnwduke660
      @johnwduke660 5 лет назад +19

      David Rosner They can’t remember anything if it isn’t on their damn phones.

    • @langraman8756
      @langraman8756 4 года назад +3

      its all freemasonery

    • @eugeniorobinson4556
      @eugeniorobinson4556 4 года назад +2

      Look up the original intention for the statue. Egypt

    • @mexican.peso.
      @mexican.peso. 4 года назад +3

      John W Duke ah yes the only country that has phones, not like India has more people online than the us and the fact that we get more information than ever before

    • @brenbutts
      @brenbutts 4 года назад

      @@johnwduke660 ok europoor

  • @purefoldnz3070
    @purefoldnz3070 6 лет назад +1058

    The original kickstarter campaign.

    • @Utonian21
      @Utonian21 6 лет назад +7

      LMAO What I was thinking

    • @jessicapost3074
      @jessicapost3074 5 лет назад +1

      ReShine?

    • @BassicVIC
      @BassicVIC 5 лет назад

      Purefoldnz
      No. There have been many “Kickstarter” campaigns in history centuries before Liberty Enlightening The World.

    • @TVCULTURAETURISMO
      @TVCULTURAETURISMO 5 лет назад

      Brasil, Brezilian.
      ruclips.net/video/rulZA129ZIY/видео.html

    • @cplcabs
      @cplcabs 4 года назад +2

      Yep, it was a con then and kickstarter continue the con

  • @skysthelimitvideos
    @skysthelimitvideos 5 лет назад +783

    Isn’t it weird the Statue of Liberty was sent over in pieces like a desk from Ikea?

    • @skysthelimitvideos
      @skysthelimitvideos 5 лет назад +2

      Christopher Del Castillo thank you

    • @mareksykora5197
      @mareksykora5197 4 года назад +39

      It is not weird. Ikea gives you liberty to assemble your furniture everywhere you want. Ikea IS liberty.

    • @malcolmcanning548
      @malcolmcanning548 4 года назад +2

      It's BS it's built on a starfort....

    • @ShengTheCraftsman
      @ShengTheCraftsman 4 года назад +1

      the best way to do it

    • @sdb6757
      @sdb6757 4 года назад +2

      The assembly instructions were just pictures!

  • @filmore4537
    @filmore4537 5 лет назад +177

    People from the future: It must be aliens

    • @Ozymandias1
      @Ozymandias1 4 года назад +7

      Nope they would shout ""You finally really did it. You maniacs! You blew it up!"

    • @TrevorDennis100
      @TrevorDennis100 4 года назад +1

      @@Ozymandias1 Your comment should have a shed load of Likes by now. Very funny.

    • @coffeebrown9371
      @coffeebrown9371 4 года назад +2

      I mean they actually had the technology to build the tower but they couldn’t of built the Pyramids

    • @Tech-cy9yo
      @Tech-cy9yo 3 года назад +1

      That’s why I’m thanking for things like the internet, to preserve our history

    • @Cjnw
      @Cjnw 3 года назад

      SPACEBALLS!

  • @mathiasdankertsen9093
    @mathiasdankertsen9093 4 года назад +169

    Fun fact: All the copper in the statue was mined in Norway near the place I live.

    • @fredriks5090
      @fredriks5090 3 года назад +10

      And the foundry brick building is shaped a lot like the background of "the last supper".
      Just a nice detail.

    • @felixcoria4583
      @felixcoria4583 3 года назад

      SURE , MATE.............

    • @fishbonegaga
      @fishbonegaga 2 года назад

      Fun fact, nobody cares.

  • @rogerschmer7715
    @rogerschmer7715 6 лет назад +21

    When I was an over the road truck driver, the first time I saw the Statue of Liberty, I was amazed at what I saw! The first word that came to my mind, was, "Freedom. "

    • @Bennysol
      @Bennysol 5 лет назад +4

      "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." -wolfgang

    • @mauromorganti2563
      @mauromorganti2563 3 года назад

      as you can see no one like to accept the reality you got only 4 tums up and one is my

  • @SWLinPHX
    @SWLinPHX 6 лет назад +32

    When you think about it standing there exposed to the elements all those years, especially that narrow arm extending so high into the sky, it is such a breathtaking feat. I couldn’t imagine the statue looking any other way. What an impressive modern marvel and a proud symbol . The whole concept of a stoic lady with raised torch alit keeping watch at the entrance of the harbor of America!

    • @essenceofgrowing7804
      @essenceofgrowing7804 2 года назад

      Keeping watch? I thought it was supposed to be God watching? ruclips.net/video/TOquOm0Wlik/видео.html

  • @dt7353
    @dt7353 7 лет назад +643

    Yes but how about a video showing how they made her walk in Ghostbusters 2.

    • @TheB1M
      @TheB1M  7 лет назад +212

      Another great engineering achievement. We'll look into it.

    • @billy.7113
      @billy.7113 7 лет назад +13

      LOL.

    • @lemons2lemonaid
      @lemons2lemonaid 6 лет назад +7

      That's funny

    • @irvinwittmeier5208
      @irvinwittmeier5208 6 лет назад +6

      CGI they probably got nasa to help

    • @mclal
      @mclal 6 лет назад +4

      hahahahaha nice one..

  • @gandigooglegandigoogle7202
    @gandigooglegandigoogle7202 5 месяцев назад +6

    It's astonishing that the French have the ability to build such beautiful monuments which are very often real landmarks. Thank you to France for this magnificent gift which is in the heart of every American today!

    • @cestdenisquildit3992
      @cestdenisquildit3992 4 месяца назад

      Si vous voulez vraiment nous remercier et faire honneur à la statue arrêter vos guerres sur toute la planète!

  • @generalleenknassknotretire9180
    @generalleenknassknotretire9180 5 лет назад +274

    *Vive la France!*
    And, thanks!

    • @repentANDobey
      @repentANDobey 5 лет назад +1

      No not thanks, its satanic, hello!!!!

    • @therealmr.christian4876
      @therealmr.christian4876 5 лет назад

      @@repentANDobey yes it is.

    • @therealmr.christian4876
      @therealmr.christian4876 5 лет назад

      *THANKS FOR WHAT??? IT'S DEMONIC!*

    • @Hugo-cn9no
      @Hugo-cn9no 5 лет назад +10

      @@therealmr.christian4876 Aahah so we can take it back ? :)

    • @sid2543
      @sid2543 5 лет назад +9

      @@repentANDobey whats wrong with you writing this everywhere. Youre satanic if anything

  • @jamesr1703
    @jamesr1703 5 лет назад +12

    In 1987, I climbed to the crown. The torch is off limits to climb. In 2007, I visited the Bartholdi museum in Colmar, France where the statue was designed. There is a small replica there as well as in Paris.

  • @josephpurushotham1425
    @josephpurushotham1425 4 года назад +8

    Amazing work done in 1880. Hat's off all those who did it. I visited it in2018. Wonderful work.

  • @53r4x3h
    @53r4x3h 6 лет назад +412

    You didn't mention a forgotten and funny fact: eons ago the statue began to show signs of weakness: its structure was bending from the inside. Noticeably, the internal structure was designed back then by Gustave Eiffel, the man behind the Eiffel Tower.
    Immediately the US press began what they do the best after praising the french for no good reason: smearing the same damn french who never do things properly and suck at everything. So the Eiffage company (current french construction giant and heir of the Gustave Eiffel's constuction company) was sent in NY, with the original plans, to check out what went wrong.
    ...That's when they discovered around a third of the rivets were simply missing. As in: they were not there although they should have.
    After a rapid investigation, it appeared the local contractor who originally built the structure, in order to save petty money, had not installed all the rivets and sold them as scrap metal.
    The statue's stability problems, amplified by the german sabotage of Ellis island in 1916, as well as its inaccessibility, all come from this.
    Despite this shameful display, lady Liberty still stands strong on her feet. Probably by sheer arrogance. A testimony of her french heritage I guess.

    • @montpelliersilouate
      @montpelliersilouate 6 лет назад +16

      Hi, do you have any source on that, I am curious about it ?

    • @morganolfursson2560
      @morganolfursson2560 6 лет назад +81

      I remember being told that story by my French/British Parisian grand mother whom's mother , my great grand mother never forgave the US for disparaging the french after being offered a magnificent present , and until her last breath she never agreed to entertain american dignitaries in her parisian hotel particulier or at her French Brittany Chateau (she was very old french and Russian aristocracy) or even participate to any formal or informal events held in favour of Americans and made sure her absence was more noticeable and more felt than anybody else's attendance . She loathed Americans with a passion, it was apparently almost comical .
      Uninterestingly enough , i was born and partially raised in Arizona from a French British and Russian mother and a Danish Icelandic father , and my great grand mother told my mother that if i was to keep the american citizenship i would never be on her will and would not get a penny by the time i turned 18 . Fortunately and for other reasons , i renounced officially my american citizenship when i was 16 and took the Icelandic one, (a country i visited constantly in my youth and have always considered home) . My grand mother lived in NY for a while due to her husband's businesses in the US when she was quite young . And being forced to remain in the US for as long as her husband did some trading there , she felt extremely lonely , and often told me that she compared herself to the statue, a french dame, forced in exil and even had long conversations with her (in french of course, it is all in her diary of monologues with Lady Liberty, or should i say , Son journal de monologues avec Dame Liberte).
      So for me this statue is like an old relative of the family (that didn't sound so pretentious in my head), i heard so much about, long before making her acquaintance . And even today every time i find myself in NY for work, i always have some french words for her .
      And my great grand father signed 6500 francs (a fortune in those days) in bonds to help finance the construction of the lady of Paris (as he called her referring to the Statue of Liberty ) and met Mister Bartholdi and especially mister Eiffel on several occasions. But this was nothing compared to what my great great grand father did , He was on the board of shareholders of the STE , the Societe de la Tour Eiffel and spend over 30 000 francs on the project. Mister Eiffel was just called Gustave when he visited and Valentine Eiffel (his daughter) and my great grand mother were childhood friends.
      So, though i am not French and not planning on getting french citizenship any time soon, i am particularly fond of these two monuments which are a testimony of France's true magnificence and legacy, its engineering achievements and its libertarian values.

    • @53r4x3h
      @53r4x3h 6 лет назад +29

      @Morgan Olfursson
      Waow!!! if that's not some fine story I don't know what it is, probably the craziest one I've read on RUclips in years.
      Thanks a lot for sharing!

    • @morganolfursson2560
      @morganolfursson2560 6 лет назад +27

      Thanks for your comment , i think it is important to let people know about all the facts. Not so many people know about the missing rivets and why they were missing . I was just happy to read that comment and got a bit carried away in my answer, but the Eiffel Tower and Lady Liberty are important to me on a personal level.
      I am not against Americans per se at all, but when some years back , Americans started calling french fries liberty fries, i found it so stupid my first reaction was, "If you hate the French that much, then send Lady Liberty back to her big sister in Paris where she just might belong".

    • @53r4x3h
      @53r4x3h 6 лет назад +2

      Technically it was "freedom fries". :D we remember them quite well in France.
      These were crazy times. Hopefully it didn't last too long.

  • @scottwilson2581
    @scottwilson2581 4 года назад +24

    She's our beloved Lady 🇺🇸🇫🇷

  • @masterem4858
    @masterem4858 5 лет назад +236

    Her arm tired 😓

  • @timetotalkaustralia
    @timetotalkaustralia 6 лет назад +39

    What a fantastic summary.

    • @TheB1M
      @TheB1M  6 лет назад +5

      Thank you!! ✊️✊️

  • @nibora4895
    @nibora4895 5 лет назад +38

    If I ever go to New York (which I doubt I will) the Statue of Liberty is going to be the first place I go to. I've just always wanted to see it.

    • @FZeroGX1
      @FZeroGX1 2 года назад +1

      Did you go??

    • @park_papi
      @park_papi 2 года назад +1

      I'm sure you can come some day :)

  • @damiengitt
    @damiengitt 7 лет назад +124

    Great video but people forgot a lot that it was and still a symbol of friendship between French and Americans ( it wasn’t a public initiative and mostly paid by French citizen and American too not public money ...)

    • @omen828
      @omen828 6 лет назад +4

      Yep, every American who visits France can tell you how friendly the French people are towards Americans 😂

    • @shyryTsr2k
      @shyryTsr2k 5 лет назад +12

      @@omen828 French are normally snobbish and rude doesn't matter where the fuck you come from.

    • @sid2543
      @sid2543 5 лет назад +17

      @@omen828 well how friendly are americans to the french people?? I have never seen any kindness from the french reciprocated so what can you expect? Dont cry now that they treat you the same as americans treated them for decades.

    • @mihnealazar7039
      @mihnealazar7039 4 года назад +1

      Sid I’m Romanian and french weren’t nice to me lol

    • @Moltenbramley
      @Moltenbramley 4 года назад +3

      I’m British and thought the French really hated me as well when I visited 😂

  • @jackivan7632
    @jackivan7632 Год назад +3

    Its so cool that Eiffel was behind this masterpiece and the next year he embarked on the tallest structure in the world

  • @ladyelainefairchilde4632
    @ladyelainefairchilde4632 7 лет назад +175

    I see Lady Liberty 🗽 every week. 🇺🇸

    • @narata1541
      @narata1541 7 лет назад +32

      Josh Stakey Sounds like the start of a great relationship. I wish you two the best!

    • @joedigger9919
      @joedigger9919 6 лет назад +8

      Same here, though it is a smaller one in front of a casino and is now wearing a Vegas Golden Knights Jersey cause, you know, Vegas reasons :-) GO KNIGHTS GO #Cupin1

    • @CharaGamerButterfly
      @CharaGamerButterfly 6 лет назад +4

      Yeah America

    • @CANControlGRAFFITI
      @CANControlGRAFFITI 6 лет назад

      Josh Stakey AHH, SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET!

    • @suspresident7699
      @suspresident7699 5 лет назад +3

      you should take her out to dinner sometime

  • @ryannguyen6271
    @ryannguyen6271 6 лет назад +151

    If people in the early 1900’s we’re capable of building that...
    I wonder what we’re capable of

    • @SmartassX1
      @SmartassX1 6 лет назад +21

      Nowdays there are very few (if any) proper wonders made. Or at least none in Europe and north America. Search for "Burj Khalifa" and the "highest bridges" and such to see modern wonders.

    • @jedrobertson3206
      @jedrobertson3206 6 лет назад +13

      Is the $50,000 GDP per capita of The United States not a modern wonder in itself?

    • @SmartassX1
      @SmartassX1 6 лет назад +12

      Why would you measure the value of product per capita? To find out how much the people have, you have to divide your national debt by capita and calculate how much they have left. And compare the "human development index" and such.

    • @jedrobertson3206
      @jedrobertson3206 6 лет назад +10

      @@SmartassX1 that's not... Not how any of this works lmao.

    • @Must4ng_Sa11y
      @Must4ng_Sa11y 6 лет назад +5

      The internet?

  • @kennymoore652
    @kennymoore652 3 года назад +2

    I would love to see this beautiful Statue of Liberty🗽

  • @AllenMQuinn
    @AllenMQuinn 5 лет назад +41

    I wish there was a way to go up to the torch. I know it's been banned since 1916 which is a shame. I'd pay top dollar for that.

    • @Donovaan
      @Donovaan 5 лет назад +8

      You can go into the crown. I did.

    • @paulburns1333
      @paulburns1333 4 года назад +4

      I was in the head in 1981, seem to remember it was up some tricky stairs and there was only one other person bothered to make the effort. Can you still go up there?

    • @definitely_notme4112
      @definitely_notme4112 4 года назад +4

      You can still visit the crown but the torch has been closed since 1916

    • @oldblackstock2499
      @oldblackstock2499 4 года назад +2

      @@paulburns1333 I went into the crown in 1980. Very cool !

    • @appledoreman
      @appledoreman 4 года назад +3

      Well, Norman Lloyd managed to go up to the torch in 1942 (check out Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur movie).

  • @georgekoroneos3892
    @georgekoroneos3892 5 лет назад +2

    I regard the structure of liberty of tremendous importance she leads the harbor & the impression i'm getting is that no matter what can happened always freedom will be saved & that this bless nation will never perished .

  • @Iceman219
    @Iceman219 4 года назад +4

    No mention of the star fort base? It's absolutely enormous

  • @Max.44
    @Max.44 4 года назад +6

    These are the things that happen when people just work together

    • @essenceofgrowing7804
      @essenceofgrowing7804 2 года назад

      Yes and the God confused the languages when working together becomes an abomination. This explains it. ruclips.net/video/TOquOm0Wlik/видео.html

  • @apefromthekitchen
    @apefromthekitchen 5 лет назад +24

    *Did you know that it's a copy?* The small original version is in the garden of Luxembourg in the centre of Paris.

    • @GFSLombardo
      @GFSLombardo 5 лет назад +3

      There is a replica of the statue, in Paris, a gift from Americans to France in 1889.There is a also a replica of "Liberty's Torch" which is located not far from where Princess Diana was killed in that highway tunnel in Paris.

    • @repentANDobey
      @repentANDobey 5 лет назад +2

      Did u no that is not actually a statue of a lady but in fact after Ishtar? It is a demonic and satanic Monument. Please do your research and look up Statue of Liberty and Ishtar and find out what it really means! Unfortunately we have all been deceived for many many many years so please wake up and when you do wake others up around you like I'm doing

    • @freeman10000
      @freeman10000 5 лет назад +6

      @@repentANDobey WTF?

    • @dickyramadhan8657
      @dickyramadhan8657 4 года назад +7

      @@repentANDobey shut up

    • @kal_bewe1837
      @kal_bewe1837 4 года назад

      @@repentANDobey lol

  • @Yung6cris
    @Yung6cris 4 года назад +2

    I looked this up out of curiosity and I'm glad I did

  • @richarddarmstadt1630
    @richarddarmstadt1630 4 года назад +16

    That must have been so impressive during that time since there weren't today's tall buildings.

  • @gog711
    @gog711 4 года назад +4

    The statue was meant to stand at the northern entrance to the Suez Cana in Egypt before the US.

    • @twoarrows2543
      @twoarrows2543 4 года назад

      Its said the Egyptian government rejected it simply because they found it unattractive.....

    • @gog711
      @gog711 4 года назад

      @@twoarrows2543 That's true. Also because they refused to pay for it.

    • @mfc4987
      @mfc4987 2 года назад +2

      possible, France had created the Suez Canal, so a French statue to maintain the canal is not impossible

  • @The_Curious_Cat
    @The_Curious_Cat 4 года назад +16

    What an amazing achievement of French engineering.

  • @damianreyesavila3402
    @damianreyesavila3402 5 лет назад +2

    Amazing video Episode.🗽

  • @donovanreimer2324
    @donovanreimer2324 6 лет назад +18

    What a great video and interesting story.

  • @josepholvera3607
    @josepholvera3607 4 года назад +2

    I learn More on this video than I did in school about the Statue of Liberty

    • @mauromorganti2563
      @mauromorganti2563 3 года назад

      That means you haven't learned anything, because that was supposed to represent liberty Legality Fraternity
      and I don't see anything like in America

  • @coillaodh
    @coillaodh 6 лет назад +8

    Another super video. Thanks.

  • @punchline43
    @punchline43 5 лет назад +3

    I never knew that the arm and torch were first on display in the US before being shipped back to France for assembly. I assumed that happened *after* it was erected in Paris and all parts were then shipped to the US one time together. Very interesting.

  • @knaldperlen6729
    @knaldperlen6729 5 лет назад +13

    European craftmanship!

  • @AC81411
    @AC81411 4 года назад +1

    Beautiful icon

  • @robnj76
    @robnj76 Год назад +4

    The statue's dedication parade was the first ticker tape parade in NYC, which run along the canyon of heroes, the chosen path of triumphal marches in the city since the first welcoming parade held on the occasion of General Lafayette's return visit to America. The one statue parade route deviation from past and future parades was a one block detour to march in front of Puitzer's paper in honor of its role in raising funds for the pedestal.

  • @hedorahh
    @hedorahh 2 года назад +1

    "She's a harbor girl" and she's amazing.

  • @broknsword23
    @broknsword23 7 лет назад +82

    Are there pictures of the statue in the original copper colour?

    • @Battle19a
      @Battle19a 7 лет назад +12

      LZR237 yeah over time due to weather the top layer of the copper turned green

    • @linusfotograf
      @linusfotograf 7 лет назад +52

      Probably not colour photos though.

    • @zacharyhenderson2902
      @zacharyhenderson2902 6 лет назад +6

      Yes, but all the photos I know of are either black and white or sepia

    • @thorstrebla980
      @thorstrebla980 6 лет назад +8

      Just Google "Original Statue of Liberty", and you'll get to see it colorized, and in many states of oxidation. It was black for about two years in the 1890's. That's what I'd like to see, and of course can't find.

    • @CANControlGRAFFITI
      @CANControlGRAFFITI 6 лет назад +28

      Dean Desmond why are you getting thumbs-up? You completely misunderstood the question asked.

  • @jc2delaga
    @jc2delaga 4 года назад +1

    Just gorgeous

  •  7 лет назад +5

    ¡tremenda ingeniería!

  • @stevenwashington5513
    @stevenwashington5513 6 лет назад +4

    Great video

  • @TheBabe61
    @TheBabe61 3 года назад

    Stood in the crown 3 years ago, just amazing

  • @4gamerll_4gamer54
    @4gamerll_4gamer54 5 лет назад +12

    As a fact, the statue of liberty was originally intended for Egypt and however, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi was disappointed with that opinion and instead it ended up in the US.

  • @melshorse
    @melshorse 4 года назад +2

    Thank you for a very informative video.

  • @knowwhey7559
    @knowwhey7559 6 лет назад +43

    I'm amazed that you neglected to mention its original history:
    It was designed as a gift to Egypt, to sit at the mouth of the Suez Canal.
    It had the torch, but dawned Egyptian headgear.
    After Egypt rejected the idea, they redesigned it for America.
    The story is easily found online, including a sketch of the original statue.

    • @josephleonard6695
      @josephleonard6695 4 года назад

      would have been glorious. like a modern day Pharos

    • @smokescreenFromThe6ix
      @smokescreenFromThe6ix 4 года назад

      I had a friend from Egypt who told me the same story and that it was created to be a black woman.

    • @essenceofgrowing7804
      @essenceofgrowing7804 2 года назад

      Yep this confirms what you say: ruclips.net/video/TOquOm0Wlik/видео.html

    • @essenceofgrowing7804
      @essenceofgrowing7804 2 года назад

      @@smokescreenFromThe6ix more like a sun god
      ruclips.net/video/TOquOm0Wlik/видео.html

  • @emmawelch1589
    @emmawelch1589 4 года назад +1

    So cool

  • @2idolon
    @2idolon 6 лет назад +5

    Very interesting , informative , The fund raising , the effort to reality , Great Vid , and yes I have subscribed . Thanks .

  • @johnmike9618
    @johnmike9618 4 года назад

    I've been watching your videos for a while. It's nice to finally put a face to the voice.

  • @matthewmcilhinney1939
    @matthewmcilhinney1939 7 лет назад +15

    great videos!

  • @muhammadshafeeque9264
    @muhammadshafeeque9264 3 года назад +1

    Bilkul sahi kaha brother David you are great brother jiyo dil se

  • @Netherlag1
    @Netherlag1 4 года назад +7

    The feeling when you realize that construction workers were part of something bigger than you ever will be with you university degree.

  • @niekw01
    @niekw01 4 года назад +2

    damn the end shot looked so pretty.

  • @bartonpercival2147
    @bartonpercival2147 6 лет назад +18

    So when did they put in the windows in the crown? I remember seeing old photos and television commercials in the 60’s where people were leaning out the crown openings with their arms resting on her hairline

    • @mattruth3843
      @mattruth3843 6 лет назад +2

      Barton Percival Nikola Tesla John G Trump Donald Trump. RUclips search those three names together!!!!!!!

    • @mattruth3843
      @mattruth3843 6 лет назад +4

      Oh and Then after you search the 3 names together. Search Madella Effect. I must admit something very strange accrued between 2012 and 2016

    • @gavinrogers5246
      @gavinrogers5246 5 лет назад +3

      @@mattruth3843 this has nothing to do with any conspiracy theory. The windows were restored during the early 1980s restoration. At least some of them could open.

    • @aaronchesler8565
      @aaronchesler8565 5 лет назад +9

      When I was six years old I went into the crown with my father and mother. My father actually grabbed me by the ankles and held me out the crown. Needless to say it wasn't good for my mental state at the time. My old man, a WII ex-Marine was definitely on the crazy side. Today he would have been arrested for that stunt. Well, today the windows are there. I am sure the windows were put there to prevent idiotic things from happening.

    • @elainemcdonald1463
      @elainemcdonald1463 5 лет назад +2

      Aaron Chesler I like your story🇮🇪😆

  • @KenJamesJr
    @KenJamesJr 4 года назад +2

    Those days of Freedom, Justice, and Liberty are long gone... sad to say...

    • @turdferg9703
      @turdferg9703 4 года назад +2

      Yup. Blm and antifa would tear it down if they could. They're scum.

  • @selinahester1163
    @selinahester1163 4 года назад +4

    I remember walking those stairs when I was just a little girl. I thought I would never reach the top.

  • @GoogleUserOne
    @GoogleUserOne 2 года назад

    It looks like Augustus and Aurelian’s sol invictus golden spikes put together.

  • @The_DevTato
    @The_DevTato 5 лет назад +6

    1:13 he looks like Rhett from Good mythical morning.

  • @Steve_826
    @Steve_826 3 года назад +1

    My favorite star fort

  • @DangerDan
    @DangerDan 6 лет назад +16

    Awesomely done and superbly presented!!! Great, thx for your effort!
    How do you research all this? Wanna make an episode on that? ;-)

    • @essenceofgrowing7804
      @essenceofgrowing7804 2 года назад

      Did he mention this? ruclips.net/video/TOquOm0Wlik/видео.html

  • @stevemann8374
    @stevemann8374 4 года назад +1

    An inspiration for freedom and ingenuity

  • @oneseagullflock
    @oneseagullflock 5 лет назад +11

    “Please don’t kill us ever we give you statue”
    -France
    “Aight. Cool thnx bro”
    -America

    • @SamYTB26
      @SamYTB26 5 лет назад +15

      Lol during this time America was weak militarily and economically while France was the master of Europe and the world ( many colonies) with Napoléon Bonaparte the third !!

    • @oneseagullflock
      @oneseagullflock 5 лет назад

      sam sam oh lol

  • @ynse4568
    @ynse4568 Год назад

    The skeleton was constructed by the Norwegian Joachim Gotsche Giæver and the copper for the Statue of Liberty came from Norway as well

  • @Luckingsworth
    @Luckingsworth 4 года назад +5

    Wow I honestly had no idea that Lady Liberty was related to the Eiffel Tower! It is so painfully obvious now that I think about it though.

    • @Rilcy2003
      @Rilcy2003 3 года назад +1

      Yes, you are right. Symbols of USA and France are linked/related.

  • @tamarahawkins6331
    @tamarahawkins6331 Год назад +1

    this is a great video to me

  • @eugeniorobinson4556
    @eugeniorobinson4556 4 года назад +4

    Bartholdi’s working title was “Egypt bringing light to Asia” and was intended for Port Said, at the Northern End of the Suez Canal
    When that fell through, Bartholdi repurposed the statue to depict a Roman goddess “Libertas”
    Brits need to check their history

    • @rupertprawnworthy758
      @rupertprawnworthy758 4 года назад +4

      You did well to bring us information though dropped the ball at the end and made yourself look an idiot, impressive.

    • @kangaroo4847
      @kangaroo4847 4 года назад

      Eugenio Robinson tf what does this have to do with the UK

    • @kangaroo4847
      @kangaroo4847 4 года назад

      Rupert Prawnworthy Yes, he did

  • @travelanddiscover
    @travelanddiscover 5 лет назад +1

    Very interesting and informative.

  • @jasoningram4617
    @jasoningram4617 5 лет назад +9

    *LADY LIBERTY 7 POINTED CROWN, STANDING ON 11 POINTED STAR*

    • @ashscott6068
      @ashscott6068 5 лет назад +1

      OMG! And if you add those numbers together, you get 666!!! And 666 backwards is 33! Illuminati confirmed!

    • @malcolmcanning548
      @malcolmcanning548 5 лет назад +2

      Starfort

    • @tommyg879
      @tommyg879 5 лет назад

      @@ashscott6068 No doubt, kid.... No doubt

    • @ineedtomindmyownbusinessan8983
      @ineedtomindmyownbusinessan8983 5 лет назад +1

      Jason Ingram the seven points that’s on the crown means the sevens seas

  • @ttinnovations3310
    @ttinnovations3310 4 года назад

    Love all the videos, thank you for making them, I'm slowly watching 1 every few days, and will order a cup or two for support.

  • @Maxime_K-G
    @Maxime_K-G 4 года назад +10

    7:48 Does anyone know what news station uses this background song? I have 100% heard it before on wheater segments or something. I need to know!

    • @humminster
      @humminster 4 года назад +1

      I found it ruclips.net/video/dQw4w9WgXcQ/видео.html

    • @Maxime_K-G
      @Maxime_K-G 4 года назад

      @@humminster Do you really think I don't recognize that link?

    • @humminster
      @humminster 4 года назад

      @@Maxime_K-G at least watch my video ruclips.net/video/Tt7bzxurJ1I/видео.html

    • @Maxime_K-G
      @Maxime_K-G 4 года назад

      @@humminster No thanks dude. This quest is still on!

    • @humminster
      @humminster 4 года назад

      @@Maxime_K-G just check this video for real it may have it ruclips.net/video/0uoc-FiwMD4/видео.html

  • @davetv4705
    @davetv4705 6 лет назад +2

    Great and highly enlightening, thanks

  • @djolley61
    @djolley61 4 года назад +5

    I know Lady Liberty has become a symbol of accepting the "huddled masses", but isn't it more of a beacon of freedom shining to the world? Look, see what you can accomplish.

  • @SteveAndAlexBuild
    @SteveAndAlexBuild 5 лет назад

    Great video . I’d love to visit New York one day 🤞🏼🧱👍🏽

  • @taliarose6573
    @taliarose6573 6 лет назад +5

    So what about the star fort it's built upon, has been there way before they put up the statue. If I'm wrong show me a video of them building it.

    • @GFSLombardo
      @GFSLombardo 5 лет назад

      Video was not around in 1886.(lol) Go there and take the tour and see for yourself.There are also photos of the building process in books and on-line.

    • @PLuMUK54
      @PLuMUK54 5 лет назад

      The video actually says it's built on Fort Wood, which already occupied the site.

    • @bab3lu
      @bab3lu 5 лет назад +1

      Philip Meers and yet does NOT mention star forts, hmm, wonder why?

    • @bab3lu
      @bab3lu 5 лет назад +1

      Gary L look at them more critically and you will see discrepancies in the story.

    • @xChromerSatanasx
      @xChromerSatanasx 5 лет назад

      @@GFSLombardo photography was clearly around, yet no images just cartoon. Drawings

  • @Helperbot-2000
    @Helperbot-2000 2 года назад

    "yo whats up, welcome back to another unboxing video!! this time we got a package from france!"

  • @backhandthings4942
    @backhandthings4942 6 лет назад +7

    not one picture of them building the statue on the original star fort. just drawings.

    • @xChromerSatanasx
      @xChromerSatanasx 5 лет назад

      I said that exactly, and there was too many cartoons when photography was available. Total bullshit

    • @rupertprawnworthy758
      @rupertprawnworthy758 4 года назад

      You make a better video then? rather than just moan do something proactive?

    • @backhandthings4942
      @backhandthings4942 4 года назад

      @@rupertprawnworthy758 r/woosh that shit went right over your head bruh

    • @crore1669
      @crore1669 4 года назад

      @@backhandthings4942 They are an idiot, but you used r/woooosh wrong.

  • @kareengangell5791
    @kareengangell5791 5 лет назад

    The Statue of Liberty Arrived at Bedloe's Island
    June 19, 1885
    In order to transport the statue to America, the figure was disassembled into 350 pieces and packed in 214 crates. Four months later, it was reassembled on Bedloe's Island (renamed Liberty Island in 1956). On October 28, 1886, President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty before thousands of spectators. But millions more would meet "Lady Liberty" in a different way.

  • @tazmycreations9185
    @tazmycreations9185 4 года назад +7

    The french helped america become america. History shows when you were a 3% you got helped by the french to get them an win independence they saw our strength even with our small numbers too help.

  • @devonyoung9985
    @devonyoung9985 2 года назад

    Royalty Vibes 👑

  • @John_Falcon
    @John_Falcon 9 месяцев назад +3

    It's all staged, we're all in the Truman show.

  • @iwasthererecording
    @iwasthererecording 4 года назад

    Really nice video. Very informative 👍

  • @juliusdaviesd
    @juliusdaviesd 6 лет назад +3

    Since it no longer happens now where one country builds a monument for another country... why did France build this for America? Is it to stick it to the British? What was this big friendship between France and USA that would warrant such a huge undertaking? Also for such a friendly gesture, I don’t hear modern Americans talking about France nowadays... so I’m a little confused.

    • @randomtraveler9854
      @randomtraveler9854 3 года назад +2

      It was to honor France becoming allies with the Continental Army during the American Revolution. France played a huge role in helping the Colonists win the war.

    • @Alex_G-ex1qd
      @Alex_G-ex1qd 7 месяцев назад

      Modern Americans don't care about France. The fact that it was originally from us is probably an awkward fact (the few Americans who are aware of its origins) have to deal with.

  • @georgegeorgiou2913
    @georgegeorgiou2913 5 лет назад

    Brilliant video.

  • @bigmac1598
    @bigmac1598 5 лет назад +5

    Don’t forget it was a gift from France

    • @kylegibson9917
      @kylegibson9917 5 лет назад

      Yeah for saving their asses in WW2.

    • @permadifauza5251
      @permadifauza5251 5 лет назад

      👌 if you like don't forget... you must buy A 380 and concorde and rafale

    • @Pius-XI
      @Pius-XI 5 лет назад

      So?

    • @JamesThomas-dn6ee
      @JamesThomas-dn6ee 5 лет назад +1

      @@kylegibson9917 lol I'm late but you need a history lesson ww2 was in the 40s this was constructed in the late 1800s

    • @Alex_G-ex1qd
      @Alex_G-ex1qd 7 месяцев назад

      @@kylegibson9917 We saved your asses from the Brits, internet tough guy. You would be a British colony if it wasn't for us.

  • @mridontknow4412
    @mridontknow4412 3 года назад +1

    fun fact the statue was supposed to be a gift to Egypt as the opening of the Suez cannel and would be at the start of the cannel bur Egypt declined it so the statue go re designed and given to USA

  • @sandrakleinman7215
    @sandrakleinman7215 6 лет назад +4

    YOU'RE GIVING AN AMERICAN HISTORY LESSON STOP USING METERS. AT ALL. DAMN.

    • @user-mt5cm5xp2o
      @user-mt5cm5xp2o 5 лет назад

      @Black.Flaps .Dont.Match Shut up you limey fuck, no one cares about your shitty country anymore

    • @PLuMUK54
      @PLuMUK54 5 лет назад

      Surely it is also a French history lesson, and they invented the modern metric system.

  • @cash_eye
    @cash_eye 3 года назад +1

    Fun fact: this wonderful lady is getting a sister although she will be much smaller & will stay on the grounds of the French embassy for 10 years thank you again for the wonderful gift my French friends
    Side Note: At least this one will be much easier to visit because visiting the original is a Nightmare

    • @Cjnw
      @Cjnw 3 года назад +1

      Fun fact: Fun fact is normie

  • @Liltay5692
    @Liltay5692 6 лет назад +54

    The French should ask for the statue back.

    • @sodaking6858
      @sodaking6858 6 лет назад +6

      Tay Tay no Lady Liberty belongs in New York and if she falls democracy itself is dead

    • @zepps88
      @zepps88 6 лет назад +18

      +Soda King Democracy is already dead. That's why we should send it back. The U.S. bans and imprisons immigrants now. We no longer abide by what the statue stands for.

    • @lemons2lemonaid
      @lemons2lemonaid 6 лет назад +1

      I just said that....in another video

    • @lemons2lemonaid
      @lemons2lemonaid 6 лет назад +3

      zepps88 exactly

    • @ronaldtartaglia4459
      @ronaldtartaglia4459 6 лет назад +19

      Tell that all the allied soldiers who died freeing the French from nazi Germany. You piece of shit.

  • @furiousninja133
    @furiousninja133 4 года назад +1

    Wife : Why are you so late?
    Laborer: Shut up I working on Lady Liberty

  • @TheKaffeeKlatsch
    @TheKaffeeKlatsch 5 лет назад +15

    She has nothing to do with “Democracy”, nor does our founding.

    • @bobanderson2895
      @bobanderson2895 5 лет назад

      You know your history. ^^

    • @hideentity1518
      @hideentity1518 5 лет назад +1

      True
      For total idiots that think they understand some history
      This thing is another shape of the mighty Lucifer
      Indeed, it's liberate you from being idiot like mr.bob here, which still think he is a liberated one

    • @joelkahiga4661
      @joelkahiga4661 5 лет назад

      Are you a native American?

    • @hideentity1518
      @hideentity1518 5 лет назад

      Joel. In case you were sleep since school days, this statue represents the light bearer aka Lucifer
      In case you haven't learned Roman Latin in school, Luci means light, fer means bring
      In case you think your fake America is America, you better sleep, bcz those who control your life are still Roman Greco empire

    • @joelkahiga4661
      @joelkahiga4661 5 лет назад

      @@hideentity1518 I'm Kenyan dude. This controversies/illuminati/cult. The devil rules the earth. I assume you are Christian and you know that. I choose to see it as a sign of liberty. You choose to be too woke.

  • @ahmedbutawan140
    @ahmedbutawan140 3 года назад

    Wow. . .really great😃👏😃amazing😃😃😃

  • @Galactis1
    @Galactis1 6 лет назад +5

    Actually, Statue of liberty is in New Jersey territory.

    • @Cjnw
      @Cjnw 3 года назад +1

      No, the island belongs to New York!