LIBERTY ISLAND (WABC) -- The man who called in a bomb threat that prompted a day-long evacuation of the Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island pleaded guilty Monday. Jason Paul Smith, 42, of Hart, West ...

Who was the model for the face of liberty? Sculptor Frédéric Bartholdi had many inspirations, including this one woman.

LIBERTY ISLAND, New York -- A construction mishap sparked a propane fire on Liberty Island on Monday afternoon forcing thousands of tourists to evacuate the Statue of Liberty and the island itself, ...

Welcoming newcomers to the nation via New York Harbor, the Statue of Liberty has remained a symbol of resilience, freedom and ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island were open for visitors on Monday, with New York state picking up the tab for federal workers. The two sites have been ...

While past renovation and restoration work on Liberty Island received more fanfare—particularly the tedious rebuilding of Lady Liberty’s copper skin in the mid- 1980s—the latest update arguably has ...

NEW YORK -- A protest against U.S. immigration policy forced the evacuation of the Statue of Liberty on the Fourth of July, with a group unfurling a banner from the pedestal and a woman holding police ...

I’m a descendant of immigrants. Most likely you are, too. When the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, 2.5 million colonists and enslaved people lived in what would eventually become the ...

The Statue of Liberty was the work of French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi. For more than a century, people have wondered about the model Bartholdi used for Lady Liberty. Historical records ...