India is building the world’s tallest statue, the Statue of Unity, in honor of independence leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. It will be twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty and cost around $500 million. The statue will be completed by the end of the year and will surpass the current record holder, the Spring […]
The Statue of Liberty’s torch was originally ineffective as a lighthouse, but became a symbol of America for immigrants. In 1916, a system was created to light up the statue at night, and it was used for recruitment posters during World War I. When the Statue of Liberty’s torch was first lit on the evening […]
Sam Houston was a politician who played a significant role in Texas state history. Huntsville, Texas has a 67-foot statue of him, called “A Tribute to Courage”, which is claimed to be the tallest statue of an American figure in the world. The statue was built by David Adickes, who based it on a life-size […]
The Vulcan statue in Birmingham, Alabama, is the world’s tallest cast iron statue, standing at 56 feet tall. It was built to celebrate the city’s iron and steel industries and was unveiled at the 20th St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904. After being used in advertising campaigns, it was relocated to Vulcano Park in 1939 […]
The Statue of Liberty is a famous symbol of the United States, gifted by France in 1886. It stands on a 12-acre island near New York City and has a classic design with a torch and tablet of law. The statue is made of 31 tons of copper and 125 tons of steel and stands […]
The Statue of Liberty underwent extensive conservation and restoration work in the 1980s, including the replacement of the torch due to damage from previous modifications and a bombing. The original torch is now in the Statue of Liberty Museum, and the new torch is covered in 24K gold. The Statue of Liberty may seem like […]
