No, no, no. I mean what is Liberty?
I apologize.
I appreciate the gift of the Statue of Liberty from France.
I despise the poem that Denocrats mistake for a founding document.
I apologize.
I appreciate the gift of the Statue of Liberty from France.
I despise the poem that Denocrats mistake for a founding document.
Did you get to visit inside?
I know it had been closed for years (decades?) and recently re-opened.
It's probably closed again now with the COVID 19.
It was a gift from the French people to the American people, not a gift to one nation to another.
That what makes it even more special.
It was partially displayed in Paris to raise money during the construction since the French government didn't pay for it.
That, and our independence, thanks to Lafayette and Comte de Grasse, in part.By the way Sylvain; thank you from an American to a Frenchman. The statue of Liberty is one of the nicest gifts the American people have received. Especially nice, since it came from the French.
There are some folks who don't really get why Roof Koreans are such a big deal to so many people. Well take a knee, and I'ma break it down for you.
These people walked away from their country, their culture, their extended family, and their homes in search of something better. They crossed an ocean, language barrier, and jumped socioeconomic hurdles simple to get here. They did it, legally. They landed in a place where the first question to all Asians is "are ya Chinese or Japanese?"
They learned our language, our laws, our social code. They found community, started businesses from nothing, and tried to give their children a better life. All in a country that was, at its best, completely indifferent to them. Though, mostly, it was pretty racist.
On April 29, 1992 civil unrest (as a result of a police department and justice system they had no hand in creating or corrupting) threatened their homes, their businesses, and their livelihood. Everything they'd fought for was about to be taken from them as the city of LA came down on top of them. They responded in the most 'Merica way possible; they took up a defensive position and said "Stand your ground. Do not fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here."
That day, these men became more American than most people who were born here could ever be. They were willing to die fighting, rather than giving up their American Dream. They deserve to be honored and remembered for that.