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

[Cheryl Echevarria]

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the Statue of Liberty here in NY City

The freedomi'mtrail in Boston

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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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> What is one place where you live in your  state, that is historical 
> and you would love to visit.
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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 with.
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