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

Wed Jun 17 20:06:53 UTC 2015

I would hear about it and social studies class so I want to see it for myself

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> On Jun 17, 2015, at 4:02 PM, Cheryl Echevarria via Travelandtourism <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Okay:
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> the Statue of Liberty here in NY City
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> The freedomi'mtrail in Boston
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>> On Jun 17, 2015, at 3:51 PM, Cheryl Echevarria via Travelandtourism
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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. 
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