The Statue of Liberty

On June 27th, 2008, the Statue of Liberty returned to Paris when the Grand Orient of the United States of America presented the Grand Orient of France with a framed print of the Lady Liberty in New York harbor. This was symbolic of the continued spirit of fraternity that has existed between American and France since the American Revolution.

 

The small Statue of Liberty on the river Seine in Paris, France. The Statue of Liberty in New York is much larger. It faces west, towards its American sister. (Photographed by Adrian Pingstone in June 2002 and released to the public domain.)

French sculptor, Bro. Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (August 2, 1834 - October 4, 1904), designed the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. Intended to celebrate the centenary of the American Revolution, it was not completed until 1886. Bartholdi was Initiated in 1874 into Lodge Alsace-Lorraine, Paris.