Definition of parent for English Language Learners. : 1  a person who is a father or mother : a person who has a child. : 2  an animal or plant that produces a young animal or plant. : 3  something out of which another thing has developed.
Statue of Liberty History. In 1886, The Statue of Liberty Monument was a given to the United States from France to celebrate the friendship the two endured during the American Revolution. The Statue of Liberty has over the years has symbolized the freedom and the democracy of the United States.
The history of the Statue of Liberty began in the 1870s. That was when the idea for the statue began to surface in France. It was a gift by the French to the United States, which was celebrating its centennial. In 1874 the designer Auguste Bartholdi conceived the idea for the structure.