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Who gifted the “Statue of Liberty”, standing off the New York port, to the United States on the first centenary celebrations of the US ?
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- People of New York
- France
- Great Britain
- Germany
- People of New York
Correct Option: B
The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frederic Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886. The statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, is of a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
