Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1947-07-18 | Page 7 | [Illegible] of Liberty is a New Yorker

... lotue of Liberty Is a New Yorker rASHlNGTON. - Although Bed-J Bed-J s island, on which the Statue of 'J erty s'ands, is part of New York ?l f' .the water surrounding it is J n of New Jersey. p;(iPkeep of the statue, which is I ri 3 naUonal monument, is budg-e.0, budg-e.0, at about $60,000 a year. The 'd'!nv families oi NaUonal Park '" Zj6 er"Ployes. who live on the ien l "id, vote in New York City. coS eight 1 the statue is placed at 225 tens, including 100 tons of copper cop-per and 125 tons of wrought-iron framework. The sheet copper, which has a green patina from oxidation, oxi-dation, is three-thirty-seconds of an inch thick, about the thickness of a silver dollar. The head of the statue first was exhibited in Paris and the right arm and torch in Philadelphia at the centennial of American independence.