Know the history of the Statue of Liberty?

[WillieW]

http://www.statueliberty.net/index.html

[BlooInBloo]

1. Big copper thing, made by French, given to the US?

About all I know.

[MercutioATC]

2. Yeah, those French are odd birds.

"Won your independence? Great! Here's a big copper woman."

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. Oh, they kept the prettier of the the twins for themselves.

[classof56]

3. Recently I heard that the French originally wanted to give it to Egypt.

Guess I should check that out...maybe it was a Jeopardy question?

Whoops! Make that Jeopardy answer!

[TahitiNut]

5. There's a smaller-scale replica on one of the bridges over the Seine in Paris.

It's a fascinating "huh?" experience to see it.

[Dennis Donovan]

6. Did you know that Elvis was the model for the face?