Freedom Enlightening the World On Liberty Island in New York Harbor, Manhattan, New York City; the statue, originally called "Liberty Enlightening the World", stands before any newcomer to the city of New York, it was sculpted by a sculptor called Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi who also designed the statue, Bartholdi had much help by an engineer called Gustave Eiffel, the man who also helped design the Eiffel Tower, was the mastermind behind the iron structure under the copper plating. It was given to the United States by France as a gift to commemorate their loyalty during the war built in Paris, France and then shipped to the United States in 1886. The statue was completed in 1884 and then was disassembled to be shipped across the Atlantic Ocean . The 152-foot-tall statue was dismantled into 350 pieces and placed in 219 crates. The French ship Isere transported parts of the statue to New York in 1885, the year the pedestal was finished. It took a few months of recreation, but the statue was finally disclosed on October 28, 1886, to the satisfaction of the people. both sides of the Atlantic. Both countries had wanted to display the statue in New York Harbor in 1876, to praise the 100th commemoration of the Declaration of Independence. Delays in development and funding have pushed the festival back 10 years. The statue cost almost 2,250,000 francs (US$250,000) to build. Both the United States and France participated in fundraising to earn enough money to build it, it took a long time to raise enough money to build it. A poem written by an American poet called Emma Lazarus under the title of The New Colossus (1883); originally...... in the center of the card...... symbolizes more that the statue is lighting the way to freedom with peace, not with malice. Another main representation of freedom and independence are the broken chains around Lady Liberty's ankles those broken chains represent Americans breaking free of slavery and abolition and one leg is raised to represent the way forward to freedom and independence and leaving slavery and injustice behind. The main reason why the French built this monument for the Americans is because, after the Civil War, America got rid of slavery. This was something the French had supported for as long as anyone can remember and they needed to create a point of reference that respected the extraordinary event and considered their friendship with the United States. So, the fact that America freed itself from slavery plays a huge role in the process of creating the Statue of Liberty.