Given to the United States by France in 1884, the Statue of Liberty has become one of the world’s most iconic landmarks. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Picture it, and you probably see its distinctive shade of green (though it hasn't always been so ), the torch symbolizing enlightenment, and the distinctive diadem placed upon her head. You may even remember the Emma Lazarus poem The New Colossus , placed on the monument in 1903 , forever linking the statue to immigration in people's minds.

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,With conquering limbs astride from land to land;Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall standA mighty woman with a torch, whose flameIs the imprisoned lightning, and her nameMother

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