Statue of Liberty Congress officially renamed Bedloe's Island as Liberty Island, a change advocated by Bartholdi generations earlier. The act also mentioned the efforts to found an American Museum of Immigration on the island, which backers took as federal approval of the project, though the government was slow to grant funds for it. Nearby Ellis Island was made part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument by proclamation of President Lyndon Johnson in 1965. In 1972, the immigration museum, in the statue's base, was finally opened in a ceremony led by President Richard Nixon. The museum's backers never provided it with an endowment
Lady on the rock (statue) Lady on the rock (statue) The Lady On The Rock, also known as the White Lady, is a popular plaster statue that is seen in the windows of many residential homes in Dublin city. Its popularity has led to many theories about the meaning and significance of the statue. The statue features a reclining woman draped in fabric. Originally made as a clay model by artist Harold Gardiner around 1993, it was then cast in fibreglass by Edward Loughman of RPM Supplies. Gardiner had the mould made so as to gift the statue to friends and family. When Gardiner died