{"id":237,"date":"2013-03-20T11:43:56","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T15:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/newjersey1\/2013\/03\/20\/statue-of-liberty-to-reopen-july-4th\/"},"modified":"2013-03-20T11:43:56","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T15:43:56","slug":"statue-of-liberty-to-reopen-july-4th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/newjersey1\/2013\/03\/20\/statue-of-liberty-to-reopen-july-4th\/","title":{"rendered":"Statue of Liberty to Reopen July 4th!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On October 29<sup>th<\/sup> the 820 mile (1320km) wide hurricane brought high winds and storm surges to much of the Eastern United States, including New York City.\u00a0 The Statue of Liberty is on Liberty Island, a 12 acre island located a mile south of lower Manhattan. Normally, the confines of the New York Harbor protect Liberty Island from extreme weather. However, when Hurricane Sandy hit, Liberty Island was in the direct path of a massive storm surge. Nearby in Battery Park, water rose 13.8 feet (4.2m). On Liberty Island, that meant nearly 75% of the Island was under water.<\/p>\n<p>The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World was a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States and is a universal symbol of freedom and democracy. The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on October 28, 1886, designated as a National Monument in 1924 and restored for her centennial on July 4, 1986.<\/p>\n<p>The Statue of Liberty will reopen to the public on July 4th. You need a ticket to visit the Statue and it&#8217;s best to reserve FAR in advance. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-236\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/newjersey1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/03\/statue-of-liberty-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"statue of liberty\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Below is the link to get tickets to visit the statue:<\/p>\n<p>h<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/stli\/planyourvisit\/statue2012reopening.htm\">ttp:\/\/www.nps.gov\/stli\/planyourvisit\/statue2012reopening.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 29th the 820 mile (1320km) wide hurricane brought high winds and storm surges to much of the Eastern United States, including New York City.\u00a0 The Statue of Liberty is on Liberty Island, a 12 acre island located a mile south of lower Manhattan. Normally, the confines of the New York Harbor protect Liberty  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/newjersey1\/2013\/03\/20\/statue-of-liberty-to-reopen-july-4th\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Statue of Liberty to Reopen July 4th!  - Anne&#039;s Au Pair In America Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Statue of Liberty to Reopen July 4th!  - Anne&#039;s Au Pair In America Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On October 29th the 820 mile (1320km) wide hurricane brought high winds and storm surges to much of the Eastern United States, including New York City.\u00a0 The Statue of Liberty is on Liberty Island, a 12 acre island located a mile south of lower Manhattan. 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