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The Statue of Liberty stands in New York Harbor and is a symbol of our free country.This story will tell you who built it and how it got to New York Harbor.   T he Statue of Liberty stands on an island on New York Harbor.She is a beautiful sight to all who pass by her.Each year,millions of visitors ride the ferry out to the island.They climb to the top of the statue and enjoy the lovely view. A young French sculptor named Frederic Auguste visited America in 1871.When he saw Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor,he knew it was just the right place for a statue he wanted to build. Bartholdi has created many other statues and monuments,but this one was to be very special.It was to be a present from the people of France to the people of America,as a remembrance of the old friendship between the two countries. When Bartholdi got back to Paris,he made sketches and some small models.The statue would be a woman whom he would call "Liberty". She would be a symbol of the fr...

15 Best Places to Visit in Nigeria There’s no question about it: Nigeria is huge. And just as the naysayers say size doesn’t matter, you realise that in West Africa, where just a couple of miles adds another fascinating tribal group, or that journey over the Obudu Plateau makes the difference between Guinean savannah grasses and verdant tropical rainforest, it really, really does! The point is that Nigeria is a country of many colors and creeds. Its character morphs and shapeshifts almost as elegantly as a white-throated monkey swings between the boughs of the jungle. City wise, it’s got the colossal sprawl of Abuja – one of the fastest growing urban areas in the world. And then there’s Lagos – 17.5 million strong, but still finding time to chill on the Atlantic beaches. Moving away from the towns and to the country, and Nigeria’s many faces continue. This time they peer like humans in the form of chimpanzees from the forest-clad gorges of the Gashaka Gumti. Or, the...