A Salute to the Statue of Liberty
October 28, 1886 saw the public unveiling of Liberty Enlightening the World a.k.a. the Statue of Liberty. 140 years isn’t the roundest of benchmarks, but several factors combined to inspire us to pay tribute this year: the 150th anniversary of America’s Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, where Lady Liberty’s head and torch-bearing arm were first exhibited. […]