[Travelandtourism] Today we celebrate the 130th Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty here in NY City

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> On Jun 17, 2015, at 3:51 PM, Cheryl Echevarria via Travelandtourism <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Lady Liberty is celebrating a big anniversary.
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> On June 17, 1885 -- 130 years ago -- the Statue of Liberty arrived in New
> York harbor. A gift of friendship from France to commemorate the ideals
> shared by French and American governments, the statue arrived in New York
> harbor in more than 300 pieces, according to the National Parks Service.
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> New Yorkers take the lady for granted, meaning that we all live here, but
> not everyone go to visit her or Ellis Island.
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> Recently, my husband, Nelson, and I took an afternoon tour of NY City, for
> us it is an hour drive into the city or by Long Island  Railroad. I hadn't
> been to the Lady myself since I was in elementary school, when all the
> schools went to visit, but that was over 40 years ago and Ellis Island was
> just a rundown site. Now it is almost all finished restored as a Museum, was
> able to find the actual ticket they my family donated, when my
> great-grandmother came over from Romania, and found other records for my
> father's side that came from the Ukraine. In fact, my great grand uncle, was
> in Czar Nicholas of Russia's army until he heard what he was doing to the
> Jews, and went AWOL, and took my great grandfather, and cousins, and came to
> the USA.
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> This is a great discussion. I am keeping for places here  in the US, there
> are thousands of places outside our country, but let's see what you come us
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