Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was the creator of the Statue of Liberty. Born in Alsace, France, in 1834, Bartholdi was a sculptor. In 1865, he proposed building a gigantic statue to represent freedom and democracy for the United States. At first, he wanted to call the statue “The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World”, but that was later cut to the now well-known Statue of Liberty and familiarly, Lady Liberty.
Lady Liberty is currently seeking a new home where individual freedoms are still protected.