After weathering New York Harbor for decades, Lady Liberty was in need of major upgrades ahead of her 100th birthday. Here’s ...

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The statue is modeled after the Roman goddess of liberty, Libertas. Her left hand has an inscription in Roman numbers of the date the U.S. Declaration of Independence was signed.

Starting on. Oct. 11, visitors can make the 162-step journey to the top of the Statue of Liberty, after being closed since March 16, 2020.

The poll comes after a French politician called for the Statue of Liberty to be returned to France, which gifted the 305-foot sculpture to the U.S. in 1884.