and the interior of the statue's crown from within; public access to the torch has been barred since 1916.

Development

Origin

According to the National Park Service, the idea of a monument presented by the French people to the United States was first proposed by Édouard René de Laboulaye, president of the French Anti-Slavery Society and a prominent and important political thinker of his time. The project is traced

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