America & The Statue of Liberty
Summary
Jon and Marisa explore the Statue of Liberty’s history, starting with Jon’s humorous misattribution of Emma Lazarus’s poem "The New Colossus." They detail how French abolitionist Édouard de Laboulaye and sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi conceived the monument to celebrate American democracy and inspire France. The episode covers the collaborative funding effort, where France built the statue while Americans raised money for the pedestal, including the famous display of the statue’s arm at the 1876 Centennial Exposition.
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