The Statue of Liberty weighs about 450,000 pounds ... given to France by the US in 1889 to mark 100 years since the French Revolution — can be found on Allée des Cygnes, a narrow island on ...

French people living in the U.S. sent a replica to their homeland in 1889 for the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. The statue was placed on an artificial island in the River Seine in Paris, ...

The statue was designed by French sculptor Auguste ... gifted to France by the U.S. in 1889 to mark 100 years since the French Revolution. Glucksmann, a staunch supporter of Ukraine in its war ...

In mid-March 2025, a claim spread widely online that a French politician ... by this Statue that was offered to the United States by France to honor your glorious Revolution.

Raphaël Glucksmann, a center-left French politician ... the United States by France to honor your glorious Revolution,” he said of the Statue of Liberty. Glucksmann called for the statue ...

“Give us back the Statue of Liberty ... the U.S. through the American Revolution, two World Wars and the Cold War. “My advice to that unnamed low-level French politician would be to ...

France gifted the statue, which stands at 305 feet tall ... The U.S. did not return the favor when the French Revolution began in 1789. Glucksmann, a member of the Progressive Alliance of ...

A French politician facetiously asked the U.S. to return the Statue of Liberty, suggesting the country no longer lives up to the values the green-hued gift represents. Raphaël Glucksmann, a ...

The Lady Liberty replica was gifted to France by the U.S. in 1889 to mark 100 years since the French Revolution. A smaller version of the Statue of Liberty stands on an island in the Seine River.