Ephawulwa emhlabeni jikelele njengesimboli senkululeko yepolitiko kunye nentando yeninzi, iSitembu soKhuseleko sasiyisipho esivela kubantu baseFransi abantu baseUnited States ekuqapheliseni ubuhlobo obusungulwe ngexesha leNguqulelo yaseMerika. Umdwebi uFrederic Auguste Bartholdi wayethunyelwe ukuyila umzobo ngomnyaka we-1876 ekugqibeleni ukugqiba, ukukhumbula iminyaka eyikhulu ye-American Declaration of Independence.
Kwavunyelwene ukuba iSitembu iya kuba yintsebenziswano emanyeneyo phakathi kweMelika neFransi-abantu baseMerika babeza kudala i-pedestal kunye nabantu baseFransi babe noxanduva lweSitembu kunye nebandla layo e-United States.
Ukukhulisa imali yaba yingxaki kumazwe omabini, kodwa iState yagqitywa eFransi ngoJulayi ka-1884. Yayithunyelwa eUnited States kwiFrigate yesiFrentshi "u-Isere" ize ifike e-New York Harbor ngoJuni ka-1885 Ngo-Oktobha 28, ngo-1886, uMongameli Grover Cleveland wamkela iSiteyi egameni le-United States kwaye wathi kwinqutyana, "Asinakulibala ukuba inkululeko iyenzile."
I-Statue of Liberty yamiselwa iNgqungquthela yesiZwe (kunye neyunithi ye-National Park Service) ngo-Oktobha 15, 1924. Ukuqala ukuya kwi-centennial yakhe ngoJulayi 4, 1986, lo mfanekiso wabuyiselwa ngokubanzi. Namhlanje i-58.5-acre Site Heritage Site (ngo-1984) ithatha iindwendwe ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezintlanu ngonyaka.
Imbali yeSiqithi sase-Ellis
Phakathi kowe-1892 no-1954, malunga nama-12 yezigidi zokuhamba kunye nabasemagumbini abahamba ngeeklasi abesithathu ababengena eMelika basebenzisa ichweba laseNew York bahlolwa ngokusemthethweni nangokwezonyango kwi-Ellis Island. Ngo-Apreli 17, 1907, yabonisa umhla ogqithiseleyo wokufuduka kwabangenayo, ngexesha eli-11,747 abafuduki abaye baqhutyelwa kwiSitishi soMfudumo kwiSigqeba esisodwa.
Isiqithi sase-Ellis sasihlanganiswa njengenxalenye yeSitembu seNkqantosi yeNkululeko yeNkululeko ngoMeyi 11, 1965, kwaye yavulelwa uluntu ngokukhawulelana phakathi kuka-1976 no-1984. Ukususela ngo-1984, isiqithi sase-Ellis sinokubuyiselwa kwezigidi eziyi-162 zamaRandi, eyona nto ibalulekileyo yokubuyisela imbali kwimbali yaseMelika. Kwavulwa kwakhona ngowama-1990, kwaye isakhiwo esiyinhloko kwi-Ellis Isiqithi sinoovimba bemyuziyam enikezelwa kwingxelo yokufuduka kunye nenxaxheba ebalulekileyo kule nqila esithathileyo ekuhambeni kokufuduka komntu ekupheleni kwe-19 neyokuqala kwekhulu lama-20. Imyuziyam ifumana iindwendwe ezingaba zigidi ezi-2 ngonyaka.
Ukuhlola iiRekhodi zokuFundiswa kwabangaphandle
Ngo-Ephreli 17, 2001, yabonisa ukuvulwa kweziko leMbali leMbali laseMelika kwi-Ellis Island. Iziko, elikwinqanaba elibuyiselweyo elibuyiselweyo liqulethe iirekhodi zeenkcukacha zabantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-22 abafikile kwiPort yaseNew York phakathi ko-1892 no-1924. Unokwenza uphando ngeerekhodi zabathengi kwiinqanawa ezazisa abafuduki - Imvelaphi yokuqala ibonakalisa ngamagama abagibeli.
Izinto Ozenzayo kwiSitembu seNkululeko
Abaveleli banokuzonwabisa ngezinto ezahlukeneyo xa besetye iSitembu seNkululeko. KwiSitembu seNkululeko yeSigqeba seSizwe, abantu abanokutyelela banokunyuka amanqanaba angama-354 (amabali angama-22) kwisithsaba seSitembu.
(Ngelishwa, ukutyelela kwixesha eliqhelekileyo kunokuthi lithembe i-2-3 iiyure.) I-pedestal yokubonwa kwee-pedestal inikezela ngombono okhangeleyo we-New York Harbor kwaye ingafikelelwa ngokunyuka ngamanyathelo angama-192 okanye nge-elevator.
Kulabo abanemiqobo yexesha, ukutyelela kwimiboniso yemyuziyam ekhoyo kwiSitembu sokuhamba ngezantsi ichaza indlela ikhumbuzo elalikhulelwe ngayo, eyakhiwe iphinde ibuyiselwe. Ukutyelelwa kunikezelwa ngabasebenzi beSizwe seNkonzo kaPaki. Kwakhona, iindwendwe ziyakwazi ukujonga i-New York Harbor skyline ukusuka kwicandelo elingaphantsi lokuhamba.
Iziko leNgcaciso kwiSikolo soBuninzi lubonisa imiboniso kwezinye iindawo zeSizwe zeeNkonzo zePaki kwiNew York City kunye nakulo lonke uhlanga. Ngolwazi malunga neeprogram zamaqela, nceda ubize umnxibelelwanisi wokukhusela kwi (212) 363-3200.
Ukufikelela kwiPaki
ISitampu soKhuseleko kwiSiqithi soKhuseleko kunye ne-Ellis Island Immigration Museum kwi-Ellis Island ikhona kwi-Lower New York Harbour, elingaphaya kweekhilomitha enye ukusuka eMan Manhattan. Ikululeko kunye neEllis Islands zifikeleleke ngeenkonzo zethenyithi kuphela. Iiferi zisebenza ngeSitembu seNkululeko / i-Ellis Island Ferry, Inc. ukusuka eNew York naseNew Jersey. Bashiya eBattery Park kwisiXeko saseNew York kunye neLouer State Park eJersey City, eNew Jersey. Itheyiti ye-ferry ejikelezayo ibandakanya ukutyelela kwezi ziqithi zombini. Ngolwazi olukhoyo lwangoku kwintsimbi, ukuthengwa kwetikiti zangaphambili, kunye nolunye ulwazi oluncedo, tyelela i-webhsayithi yabo okanye udibanise nabo (212) 269-5755 eNew York kunye (201) 435-9499 yeenkcukacha zokuhamba kweNew Jersey.
Inkqubo yoKhuselo lokuPasa kwexesha kwiSitembu soKhuseleko
Inkqubo yokubhuka "ixesha lokupasa" liye laphunyezwa yiNational Park Service kwiindwendwe eziceba ukufaka isikhumbuzo. Iidlule zokuhamba zifumaneka ngaphandle kweendleko kwiinkampani zentlambo kunye nokuthengwa kwetikiti. Amathikithi angaphambili anokuyalelwa (ubuncinane iiyure ezingama-48) ngokubiza inkampani yeeferry kwi: 1-866-STATUE4 okanye kwi-line kwi: www.statuereservations.com
Inani elingaphantsi kwexesha elidlulayo lifumaneka kwiinkampani zethendi ngosuku ngalunye oluza kuqala, oluqala lokuqala. Ukudlulela ixesha akufuneki ukuvakashela izizathu zeLiberty Island okanye i-Ellis Island.
Isiqendu seNkcukacha zoKhuseleko
Isitampu soKhululwa ngamamitha angama-305, i-intshi enye ukusuka emhlabathini ukuya kwisibonda sesibane.
Kukho iifestile ezingama-25 kwisithsaba esibonisa izitye zamatshe ezithe zafunyanwa emhlabeni kunye nemida yezulu ekhanya phezu kwehlabathi.
Iimitha ezisixhenxe zesithsaba seSitembu zimela iilwandle ezisixhenxe kunye neeplanethi zehlabathi.
Ithebhulethi leyo i-Statue ibambe ngesandla sayo sasekhohlo ifundwa (kwiibalo zamaRoma) "Julayi 4, 1776."
Ii-arhente eziliqela ziye zaba ngabanakekeli abasemthethweni beSitembu seNkululeko. Ekuqaleni, iBhodi ye-Lighthouse yase-United States inakekele iSitembu sokuqala njengesixhobo sokuqala sombane okanye "uncedo lokuhamba" (1886-1902), ilandelwa liSebe leMfazwe (1902-1933) kwiNational Park Service (1933-ekhoyo).