One of the great mysteries about the Statue of Liberty is why, when the United States Post Office created a Statue of Liberty Forever Stamp on December 1, 2010, it took until March 2011 before somebody noticed that the model used for the stamp, of which 10.5 billion were printed, was of an inexact replica that stands outside the New York-New York Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Enough souvenir Statue of Liberty foam crowns are sold each day to fill an entire landfill site, and often does.
It has been determined, by some guys in New Jersey, that as scrap metal the Statue of Liberty would be worth about $230,000.
The statue of liberty is 111 feet tall. Comparing her proportions to those of professional baseball’s current record holder for the longest home run (505 feet), she could theoretically hit a baseball 9,342 feet, which means the Yankees still wouldn’t hire her, because she is a woman.
The 1883 poem whose lines run, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” is meant to depict the Statue of Liberty, to a greater or lesser degree, depending on which national political party is in power, as a symbol of hope and optimism.
The tablet the Statue of Liberty is holding is inscribed in Roman numerals with the date of American Independence, July IV MDCCLXXVI, which amazes many visitors, who wonder how the ancient Romans could have known so far in advance.
Many New Yorker’s claim that because they have no desire to stand in line with the huddled masses they have never visited the Statue of Liberty.
