Liberty Island
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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How sorrowful that it has come to this parting of ways, 140 years after the French presented us with that lovely monument to our shared spirit, the figure who lifts her lamp over Liberty Island.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2025
I didn’t go to the site itself — that’s for tourists — but I went to a pier on the west side of Manhattan and looked across the water to Liberty Island.
From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2021
The mist starts to fade as President Grover Cleveland takes the stage on Liberty Island, New York.
From National Geographic Kids • Feb. 25, 2020
In 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Immigration and Nationality Act — the legislation that set into motion the current, family-based immigration system — he signed it on Liberty Island.
From New York Times • May 16, 2019
“Call it Liberty Island now, I guess,” said Patience as they stepped out of the kayak.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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