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The Statue of Liberty is located in New York on an Island called Liberty Island, once called Bedloe's Island. The statue was made in Paris at the Gadget, Gauthier and Co. It was made in pieces, starting with the hand and torch, the most famous parts. The material used to make the "skin" of the statue is copper, a light weight, cheap, and flexible, a perfect material. It is no more then a coin thick. There is one down side to the copper, which is that when exposed to air it turns green. This process has turned Liberty a greenish color. The statue also holds (besides the torch) a clay tablet in her left hand which is 24 feet long and represents the tablets of law. The tablet reads, "July 4, 1776" which is the birth of United States of America's independence. 151 feet tall stands this might structure. The seven spikes on Liberty's crown stand for the seven continents and seven seas over which, enlightenment and liberty stand. The statue was soon shipped to America to place on Liberty.