Landmarks

Landmarks Statue of Liberty The Statue of Liberty was designed by French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi and completed in July 1884. The statue commemorates the alliance between the United States and France during the American Revolution from 1775 to 1783, and was funded through the donations of the French people. On the 4th of July, in 1884, the 225-ton Statue of Liberty was delivered to the American Ambassador in Paris. When the Statue of Liberty was finally ready …showed first 75 words of 886 total…

…showed last 75 words of 886 total…in 1965, is the focal point of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Historic Site. The Arch is a commemoration of how St. Louis played a major role in the Gateway to the west during the 19th century. The St. Louis Arch, which is located on the Mississippi river, is important to America because it is an enormous landmark in the sky that shows the history of St. Louis’s part in the gateway to the west.