Day 2 of LL- Who is the woman holding the torch?

πŸŽ†The woman who enlightened the dark world with her glowing, blazing torch, stood soundlessly on a floating island in the middle the New York Harbor. She have been on her feet like that for 145 years. She is the Statue of Liberty. πŸŽ†
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Image result for usa flag gifRelated imageThe Statue of Liberty's life started in September of 1875, when it was gifted by the French people to the Americans to celebrate their teamwork during the American Revolution. This statue ended up symbolizing the friendship and alliance of the two countries. Pretty fascinating, isn't it? Now to give you guys a better idea of what it looks, it is 93 meters tall and only the skeleton itself was made of 250,000 lbs of puddled iron.
Now question is, who was the woman carved at the statue of Liberty? In order to answer this question we will need to trace back to when this structure was designed. It was designed by a French sculptor named FrΓ©dΓ©ric-Auguste Bartholdi. He was French, but the idea actually originated from Egypt! He visited Egypt and was immediately attracted by their project to dig a channel between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. He was captivated and eager to create one of an amazing tower of his own. At last, he found his way to propose his thought in 1867 at the Paris World Fair. There, he met the Khedive, the Egypt leader at that time, and told him how they can create a statue that is as alluring as pyramid and sphinxes. The leader made a deal with him and Bartholdi soon got to work. Before long, the finished results were out and it happened that the statue would be a woman lifting a torch in a loose robe. Unfortunately, the plan was turned down as the project became too expensive for them to carry out, but Bartholdi didn’t give up and brought his dream oversea to America.

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😝He looks concerned😝
This was the background story of the Statue of Liberty, but it didn’t end there. Like a lot of us, the statue had to go through years and years until she was accepted and loved by the American people. In fact, it took 15 years after the construction was finally finished, for the people to accept the statue as part of their country. The main reason why it wasn’t accepted was because of how often they had to donate and pay at fundraising events sot that it can be built nicely. It was reasonable to me though. I would rather pay for food, maybe pizza, other than a statue that would likely have no impact to my life.

Fun fact of the day, I used to read the Geronimo Stilton series. It’s a world about mice, so they gave a lot of effort in making it like one. In one of the books, the Statue of Liberty was featured, but it wasn't the ordinary one. It was changed into a mouse holding up a torch filled with cheese.  I was still a little kid at that time and I actually thought the statue in real life was really a mouse holding a piece of cheddar cheese. It took me awhile to realize!

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πŸ§€If you look closely, you can see the mouse and the torch with a piece if cheese in the back. I'm still fascinated about how creative they are.πŸ§€ 
Now here are some Egypt memes to brighten up your day:

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How come I can relate to this so much.
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That’s for today! See you guys next time, bye!
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