Lady Liberty’s light was replaced in 1985 but the original is now to grace a new $100m museum – they just had to get it there
When Larry Sidoti’s grandparents came to America from Italy after weeks at sea in the early 1900s, they were first greeted by the Statue of Liberty.
“The joy that they felt – they were ecstatic and very cautious, because this was a totally new life for them,” Sidoti told the Guardian. “My grandfather had said to me, a number of times, that she stood for freedom, and stood for opportunities.”
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