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The Statue of Liberty illustration

THE STATUE

Egypt rejected sculptor Frédéric Bartholdi's plan to build the Statue of Liberty as a lighthouse for the Suez Canal. So the Franco-American Union, private citizens, and companies raised the money to give the statue to America for its centennial.

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From the December 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
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