CANTON − MJ "Al" Albacete readily admits he is in love with two women. His wife, Pat, and the Statue of Liberty. The retired executive director of the Canton Museum of Art is an expert on Lady Liberty ...

The original torch, replaced by a replica in the 1980s, takes pride of place in the new Statue of Liberty Museum on Liberty Island. S. Pelly / Musée des Arts et Métiers The Statue of Liberty ...

Meanwhile, another female avatar for the nation was capturing the imaginations of millions of new immigrants from Italy, Poland and Russia: the Statue of Liberty, dedicated in New York Harbor in 1886.

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