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TIL the Statue of Liberty almost wasn’t built in New York because the governor wouldn’t use city funds to build its pedestal, but Joseph Pulitzer’s newspaper articles inspired 160,000 people to donate. Though a majority of donations were less than $1, they raised over $100,000 in just five months.
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Wasn’t it built in France then brought over
Fact- It’s actually in New Jersey
> The Statue of Liberty campaign resembles a modern online crowdfunding effort in several impressive ways: the speed with which the money was raised, the number of small donations, and the fact that the whole process was managed by one agent – the newspaper.
And to this day, New York’s “leadership” is STILL a fckn train wreck. Who would have guessed????
well that’s probably cause a dollar was worth 28
the average salary per day back then was $1.34
so someone was donating a whole days paycheck
It’s funny how half the country isn’t taught the story of the Statue of Liberty. Almost like they want to hide the fact that most of their own families are immigrants too.