And inspired by what she saw and heard, she wrote down her thoughts and donated a piece of work to help pay for the construction of a new statue -- the Statue of Liberty -- which actually was funded in part by small donations from people across America.

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The paper kept a running tally of contributions, and between March-August 1885 it chronicled every donation to the Statue of Liberty fund.

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And over the years, over 100 sites have been set aside as national monuments -- everything from the Statue of Liberty to the Grand Canyon.

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The painting by Eugene Delacroix, which featured on the pre-euro, 100-franc French banknote and reportedly inspired the Statue of Liberty in New York, is being exhibited in Lens for a year.

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Among them was 26-year-old Becky Wartell, who was carrying a tall puppet of the Statue of Liberty.

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In Open City, writer Teju Cole describes Colonel Tassin - a (real) 19th Century figure - who kept count of the number of birds killed by flying into the Statue of Liberty, as many as 1, 400 a night.

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Dubbed "Ask the Locals, " the campaign features general advice--from celebrity New Yorkers like Robert De Niro and Jimmy Fallon on print ads and phone hot lines--on navigating the city and finding the best hot spots beyond obvious landmarks like the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building.

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Now in its 24th year, one of my all-time favorite print ads for the New York Cares Annual Coat Drive continues to show the Statue of Liberty sitting down in bad weather wearing a coat.

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