🎂 Bartholdi, sculptor of Lady Liberty (1834)
Where: Colmar, France
📅 On This Day: August 2
August 2, 1834: Bartholdi, sculptor of Lady Liberty. On 2 August 1834, the sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi was born in Colmar, France. He created the Statue of Liberty in New York, a gift from France to the United States. His birth house is now the Bartholdi Museum, which shows models of the statue in many sizes.
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🧠 Question of the day
Which famous statue did Bartholdi make?
- Michelangelo's David
- The Statue of Liberty
- The Thinker
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Answer: The Statue of Liberty
Questions
What happened on August 2?
August 2, 1834: Bartholdi, sculptor of Lady Liberty. It happened in Colmar, France.
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