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.
Statue of Liberty on the Ãle aux Cygnes, River Seine in Paris. Given to the city in 1889, it faces southwest, downriver along the Seine. This statue was given in 1889 to France by U.S. citizens living in Paris to celebrate the French Revolution 3 years after the main statue in New York was inaugurated. In 1937, the statue was turned from looking east to looking west straight to the direction of the New York's statue.