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Statue of Liberty restoration project, 1984. The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), a colossal sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, underwent an extensive conservation-restoration between 1984 and 1986, in advance of its centennial. The statue, designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, is part of the ...
President Ronald Reagan on Governors Island delivering a speech; First Lady Nancy Reagan is to the left (July 4, 1986) Liberty Weekend was a four-day celebration held to mark the 1984–86 restoration and the centenary of the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) in New York City. [1] It began on July 3, 1986, and ended on July 6.
Liberty is a television film which aired on NBC on June 23, 1986. [1] It is a largely fictionalized account of the construction of the Statue of Liberty , which had been completed 100 years earlier. Scenes were shot on location in Paris and Baltimore.
The Statue of Liberty is a 1985 American documentary film on the history of the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World). It was produced and directed by Ken Burns . [ 2 ] The film, which first aired in October 1985, was narrated by historian David McCullough .
The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, within New York City. The copper -clad statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France , was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and its ...
Video from a drone inspecting the upper reaches of the State House Tuesday revealed two gaps, like slices removed from a cake, in the domed marble platform that the Independent Man stands on.
The Statue of Liberty was featured in the 1986 music video for "Walk Like An Egyptian" by The Bangles, walking like an Egyptian. Toward the end of Michael Jackson's 1991 video for "Black or White", Jackson can be seen standing at the top of a replica of the statue. Joseph Pennell, That Liberty Shall Not Perish from the Earth (1918)
Governor Ralph Northam announced the Lee statue's removal in June 2020, days after George Floyd, a Black man, was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis, sparking nationwide demonstrations.