|
|
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource."
|
Statue of Liberty's crown to reopen July 4
|
|---|
| Parent(s) |
Issue
|
| Contributor | The Sunset Provision |
| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision May 08, 2009 12:08pm |
| Logged |
0
|
| Category | Announcement |
| Media | Newspaper - Los Angeles Times |
| News Date | Friday, May 8, 2009 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The lofty crown of the Statue of Liberty, closed to the public since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, will reopen July 4, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced this morning.
Salazar announced the reopening, with the National Park Service planning a lottery for those wishing to climb the narrow, circular staircase of 168 steps inside the statue to the crown, in an appearance inside the crown this morning on NBC News' "Today" show.
Admission will be "egalitarian," the secretary said of a planned lottery for visitors wishing to make the staircase climb.
The reopening of the crown atop the statue, a gift to the United States from France in 1885 and a symbol of freedom standing on its island in New York City's harbor since then, will take place on Independence Day -- the anniversary of July 4, 1776, the date inscribed on the tablet that Lady Liberty holds in her hand.
Salazar, acknowledging that standing in the crown this morning gave him "goose bumps," said Park Service employees are being trained on ways to usher selected visitors up and down the single narrow stairway inside the statue.
|
| Share |
|
|
2¢
|
|
| Article | Read Full Article |
|
| Date |
Category |
Headline |
Article |
Contributor |
|
|
