Having the Statue of Liberty in shambles on the "New York" posters quietly revealed the feature's non-hagiographic approach to America. Nothing is sacred here.

With a broken chain at her feet and a spiked crown adorning her head, the Statue of Liberty stands 305 feet tall from pedestal to torch at the edge of Liberty Island in New York City.

Sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi liked the idea and began creating "Liberty Enlightening the World" in 1870. Some mock drawings of the statue included an Egyptian woman marking the ...

A look at how Lady Liberty's anti-slavery origins and design changed over time. In this clip, Alan Kraut, Chair of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island History Advisory Committee and Lonnie Bunch ...

NEW YORK CITY -- She’s 151 feet tall, wears a size 879-size shoe and has a 35-foot waist. But Lady Liberty is much more than the sum of her parts. The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of ...