At the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., stands a 46-inch-tall model of an American icon – the Statue of Liberty – whose origin story may surprise you. “When this idea began, it was ...

The Statue of Liberty was the work of French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi. For more than a century, people have wondered about the model Bartholdi used for Lady Liberty. Historical records ...

If only these walls could talk … imagine the stories they’d tell,” we mused aloud as we walked through the Great Hall on Ellis Island. You could almost feel the tension and fear seeping out of the ...

The Statue of Liberty seen on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, about a decade after her arrival, in 1898. The Statue of Liberty seen on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, about a decade after her ...

LIBERTY ISLAND (WABC) -- A new museum is going up on Liberty Island designed to celebrate the Statue of Liberty's history, influence and legacy in the world. The 26,000-square foot museum, set to open ...

I’m a descendant of immigrants. Most likely you are, too. When the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, 2.5 million colonists and enslaved people lived in what would eventually become the ...