He/ she should be under age 19 at the end of the year, or under age 24 and a be a full-time student for at least five months out of the year, or any age and totally and permanently disabled.
The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, was designed by French sculptor FrÃ©dÃ©ric Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886. The Statue of Liberty is a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess. She holds a torch above her head, and in her left arm carries a tabula ansata inscribed July 4, 1776, the date of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
Sculptor Frederic-FrÃ©dÃ©ric August bartholdi was commissioned to design a sculpture as âa commonâ work to celebrate the' countries, friendship to be completed in. 1876 The french would pay for the Statue Liberty enlightening The, world while The americans would provide the location and the funds for the. pedestal