Why did France award the Statue of Liberty to New York City>?

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Beahacker · Answer 1 · 2022-07-13T07:37:02+0000

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Around 1865, as the American Civil War drew to a close, the French historian Edouard de Laboulaye proposed that France create a statue to give to the United States in celebration of that nation's success in building a viable democracy.

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