NEW YORK — The first visitors allowed into the Statue of Liberty's crown in nearly eight years made the arduous climb Saturday on an Independence Day journey laden with symbolism of freedom, national ...

NEW YORK — The National Park Service is considering reopening Lady Liberty's crown for the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to documents a congressman released on July Fourth ...

The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States from the people of France to commemorate 100 years of Franco-American friendship. The statue also commemorates the centennial of America’s ...

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says the crown of the Statue of Liberty will reopen July 4. Salazar, speaking from inside the statue's crown, made the announcement Friday morning on NBC's "Today." The ...

The Statue of Liberty’s crown, with its exhilarating view of New York’s skyscrapers, bridges and seaport, is reopening on Independence Day for the first time since terrorists leveled the World Trade ...

New Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is thinking about reopening the crown of the Statue of Liberty to tourists. That’s long overdue. It’s a travesty that the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, cowed ...

The White House says the statue isn’t going anywhere and that the French should be grateful they're not speaking German. A child waves the United States flag from the crown of Frédéric Auguste ...

NEW YORK -- The National Park Service is considering reopening Lady Liberty's crown for the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to documents a congressman released yesterday.