After the Statue was presented to Levi P Morton, the U.S. minister to France, on July 4, 1884 in Paris, it was disassembled and shipped to the United States aboard the French Navy ship, Isère. The Statue arrived in New York Harbor on June 17, 1885, and was met with great fanfare.
It is not as widely known, but America reciprocated by giving the French a smaller ,otherwise identical Statue: Bartholdi's original model -- on a smaller scale -- is in the Jardins de Luxembourg. A smaller reproduction of the statue sits on the Pont de Grenelle, more or less in the middle of the Seine, and visible from the Tour Eiffel. She was a thank-you gift to the French people from the US.Mar 18, 2008
Yep. I'm not even religious, but I cried. There are so many buildings like that and they represent so much history. I was there with my students, long before it burned. It was so sad.
Because I used to teach French, I figured out how to manipulate those characters in French and Spanish.
Of course, they have changed the program since then and I can no longer print them as I go. However, if I start typing in French in the Word program, before too long, I see appear at the bottom of the page an indication that it recognizes that I'm typing in French. It then makes the corrections, which is pretty handy. I used to use the Control and/or shift plus [ ' or` or^ or and ,] to get the necessary accents.
And btw, the Statute of Liberty was a gift from another country. Don’t get teary eyed over it.
Yes. It came from France as a gift. June 17, 1885
After the Statue was presented to Levi P Morton, the U.S. minister to France, on July 4, 1884 in Paris, it was disassembled and shipped to the United States aboard the French Navy ship, Isère. The Statue arrived in New York Harbor on June 17, 1885, and was met with great fanfare.
It is not as widely known, but America reciprocated by giving the French a smaller ,otherwise identical Statue: Bartholdi's original model -- on a smaller scale -- is in the Jardins de Luxembourg. A smaller reproduction of the statue sits on the Pont de Grenelle, more or less in the middle of the Seine, and visible from the Tour Eiffel. She was a thank-you gift to the French people from the US.Mar 18, 2008
True. Saw it in 1972 along with the major attractions in Paris. The fire that destroyed part of Notre Dame was painful to see.
Yep. I'm not even religious, but I cried. There are so many buildings like that and they represent so much history. I was there with my students, long before it burned. It was so sad.
Wow, you are definitely on a roll Cecille. I have to learn how to put the correct little mark above your "e". : )
Because I used to teach French, I figured out how to manipulate those characters in French and Spanish.
Of course, they have changed the program since then and I can no longer print them as I go. However, if I start typing in French in the Word program, before too long, I see appear at the bottom of the page an indication that it recognizes that I'm typing in French. It then makes the corrections, which is pretty handy. I used to use the Control and/or shift plus [ ' or` or^ or and ,] to get the necessary accents.