The Department of Interior said in a statement that both Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty will remain open.

The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States from the people of France to commemorate 100 years of Franco-American friendship. The statue also commemorates the centennial of America’s ...

A French sculpting company has said it wants to build the “tallest statue in the West” to commemorate the 250th anniversary ...

Ya gotta love the, as it were, gall. Or maybe make that “gaul.” News reports are reporting headlines like this one from USA Today: “French lawmaker says US should return Statue of Liberty. White House ...

Hey, America: Give the Statue of Liberty back to France. So says a French politician who is making headlines in his country for suggesting that the U.S. is no longer worthy of the monument, which was ...

The White House says the statue isn’t going anywhere and that the French should be grateful they're not speaking German. A child waves the United States flag from the crown of Frédéric Auguste ...

The most recognizable icon of the United States of America is the Statue of Liberty. A gift from France to commemorate America’s first and oldest alliance, as well as to celebrate America’s values of ...

Leeuw said revealing the work on the 4th of July was also intentional as the Statue of Liberty was a birthday gift from France to the United States on July 4, 1884. As America celebrated Independence ...

NEW YORK − The Statue of Liberty may go dark during the federal government shutdown, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul warned on Oct. 1. With Lady Liberty as a backdrop, the New York Democrat stood alongside ...

She has stood as America’s greeter for visitors and freedom seekers traveling in from the east since 1886, but now a French politician is demanding the United States return the Statue of Liberty, ...