Replicas of the Statue of Liberty arm and a sphere in the right arm representing the world. A small replica in lego is situated in Legoland in Billund. A copy is in the German "Heidepark Soltau" theme park, located on a lake with cruising Mississippi steamboats. It weighs 28 metric tons (31 short tons), is made of plastic foam on a steel frame with polyester cladding, and was designed by the Dutch artist Gerla Spee. A green painted replica of the Statue of Liberty can be found near Mulnamina More, County Donegal, Ireland. A replica stands atop the Hotel Victory in Pristina, Kosovo. A 33 ft
Statue of Liberty After the United States entered World War I in 1917, images of the statue were heavily used in both recruitment posters and the Liberty Bond drives that urged American citizens to support the war financially. This impressed upon the public the war's stated purpose—to secure liberty—and served as a reminder that embattled France had given the United States the statue. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge used his authority under the Antiquities Act to declare the statue a National Monument. The only successful suicide in the statue's history occurred five years later, when a man climbed out of one of the