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Ah, yes, the eclipse.
Back from the shadows again.
Out where an Injun's your friend.
Where the vegetables are green, and you can pee right into the stream (And that's important!),
We're back from the shadows again.
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“THE FACE OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
Reposted from "The Historical"
I've heard several different stories about the face's origin, and am not sure which is accurate, but I especially like this one, regarding the widow of the Singer sewing machines creator.
Isabella Boyer's life is like a thrilling novel. She was born in Paris, in a family of an African pastry chef father and an English mother. Her name was Isabella, a beautiful name that should have been the basis of a beautiful destiny. It quickly became clear that nature gave Isabella a special beauty.
At 20, she marries sewing machine maker Isaac Singer, 50, and after his death becomes the richest woman in the country. And no wonder she was chosen as the model for the Statue of Liberty, because she embodies the American dream come true. After becoming a widow, Isabella began traveling the world, seeking new knowledge and exciting challenges, far too young to be buried under mourning clothes.
She remarried Dutch violinist Victor Robstett, who is a world celebrity and an earl, so Isabella also becomes a countess. Soon Isabella becomes the star of showrooms in America and Europe, and is invited to all world events. At one of them, she met the famous French sculptor Frederick Bartoldi. At the time, Bartoldi was strongly impressed by his trip to the United States, by the size of the country, by its natural resources, by the population there, and had already accepted the proposal to create a statue symbolizing the independence of the United States. The sculpture was supposed to be a gift from France in honor of the 100th anniversary of the country's independence. Thus the idea of a giant statue depicting a woman holding a torch in one hand and plates in the other was born, with the date of adoption of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
Bartoldi was so impressed by Isabella's face that he decided to use it as a model for his sculpture. Therefore, on Bedlow Island in the Gulf of New York, the Statue of Liberty was erected with the figure of an ancient goddess, but with the face of Isabella Boyer.
Isabella marries for the third time, at the age of 50, to Paul Sohege, a famous collector of art.
She died in Paris in 1904 at age 62. She is buried in Passy Cemetery.
But the statue with his face continues to rise over Bedlow Island, symbolizing America's first pride, freedom.”
