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Something else
We found some similar situations involving two countries and an object of dispute. Below are the articles and the links.
Statue
of Liberty History
The
Statue of Liberty National Monument officially celebrated her 100th birthday on
October 28, 1986. The people of France gave the Statue to the people of the
United States over one hundred years ago in recognition of the friendship
established during the
American Revolution. Over the years, the Statue of Liberty has grown to include
freedom and democracy as well as this international friendship.
Sculptor
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was commissioned to design a sculpture with the year
1876 in mind for completion, to commemorate the centennial of the American
Declaration of Independence. The Statue was a joint effort between America and
France and it was agreed upon that the American people were to build the
pedestal, and the French people were responsible for the Statue and its assembly here in the United
States. However, lack of funds was a problem on both sides of the Atlantic
Ocean. In France, public fees, various forms of entertainment, and a lottery
were among the methods used to raise funds. In the United States, benefit
theatrical
events,
art exhibitions, auctions and prize fights assisted in providing needed funds.
Meanwhile in France, Bartholdi required the assistance of an engineer to address
structural issues associated with designing such as colossal
copper sculpture. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (designer of the Eiffel Tower) was
commissioned to design the massive iron pylon and secondary skeletal framework
which allows the Statue's copper skin to move independently yet stand upright.
Back in America, fund raising for the pedestal was going particularly slowly, so
Joseph Pulitzer (noted for the Pulitzer Prize) opened up the editorial pages of
his newspaper, "The World" to support the fund raising effort.
Pulitzer used his newspaper to criticize both the rich who had failed to finance the pedestal construction and the middle
class who were content to rely upon the wealthy to provide the funds. Pulitzer's
campaign of harsh criticism was successful in motivating the people of America
to donate
Paris
- France has invoked a long forgotten clause to demand that the Statue of
Liberty be returned.
The
people of France sent Lady Liberty as a gift to the people of the United States
in 1886, but the recent row between the countries over Iraq has them
rethinking their present. A graduate student in history, Jean Renault, at the École
Centrale Paris uncovered a document which gives France the right to recall the
gift under certain conditions.
"It
says right here," said Renault pointing to the aged document,
"that if America drops below a certain level on the Franklin Scale (an
international measure of a country's liberty and freedoms) that France can
demand the statue back."
Jacques
Chirac glowed with excitement at the discovery. "Finally, the Americans
will feel the wrath of the French. We plan on putting the statue in Eurodisney,
or giving it to a more freedom-loving country like North Korea."
Chirac
also warned that if the statue is not returned that France would
"vigorously enforce its patent on French Fries, and send all its good red wine to
Germany." Economists believe such moves would cripple an already weak
American economy.
The
news infuriated many Americans. Karl Cabot of Waukesha, Wisconsin said,
"You know I sorta remember reading about a clause
like that before, but I say screw the Frenchies. The statue should stay in
Washington D.C. where it belongs!"
The
SBL organization is group of US patriots dedicated to having the Statue
of Liberty sent back to the French.
We believe that the French Government has effectively betrayed the safety
of the United States of America by refusing to accept the fact that Saddam
Hussein is a danger to every freedom-loving nation and by blocking any UN
resolution to oust Saddam from power.
Now is the time to show support for our PRESIDENT and our representatives
realize that. They have already worked to change the name of FRENCH FRIES
to FREEDOM FRIES. If we all make an effort and write to our Senators to
let them know, we can have this gift sent back to the people who gave it,
because they've obviously forgotten what liberty means.
First
and foremost, we want the Statue Of Liberty shipped back to France as a symbol
of our discontent and anger at the actions of the
France. Please do not assume we are anti-French people! No! However, the French
Government has betrayed
our safety,
and therefore they can no longer be considered our allies in the war against
Saddam and Terror. Unlike the French, we will not surrender to
the threats and lies of Saddam and Osama Bin Laden.
We
do not want to see the Statue of Liberty destroyed, as it's an important
historical monument that represents the friendship the US and France once had.
However we believe Lady Liberty no
longer has any place in this country. Therefore we would like to see it either
shipped or flown back to those France.
"Miss
Freedom" Statue
Statue representing freedom and liberty atop Georgia's state capitol. While much about the statue is mystery, it is most commonly identified as "Miss Freedom," although a newspaper account from the time of the capitol's construction referred to the statue as the "Goddess of Liberty."
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/statues/missfreedom.htm
By
Virginia Hall, LM 26-02
The
Bronze statue surmounting the Dome of the United States Capitol, and facing to
the East, is officially known as the Statue of Freedom. It is
19 feet 6 inches high and weighs 14,985 pounds. The cost, exclusive of
erecting, was $23,796.82.
Shortly
after he was appointed Architect of the Capitol Extensions, Thomas U Walter
began studies for a new dome. Although no one had asked him to undertake these studies, it was obvious that a new dome of greater size and
grandeur was needed to complement the vastly enlarged Capitol. The old
dome, built by Charles Bulfinch in the mid-1820's, had become an embarrassing
relic by the 1850's. Built of wood, covered with copper, it was also a fire hazard in need
of repair.
More… http://www.coinmall.com/CSNA/freedom.htm
Botzen/Bolzano
For one century, from 1816 to 1918, Trentino was annexed to the Tyrol, a province of Austria. Subsequently, its separation was demanded by ever more vociferous nationalistic political and irrendentist movements. After the First World War, during which Trentino was hewn out of the Austrian borderlands, the Italian frontier was drawn out anew in the Alps. Finally, in 1927, the confines of the Trentino-Alto Adige Region were established, together with the two autonomous provinces, Trento and Bolzano.
More… http://www.gsoto.easynet.co.uk/it_ride8e.htm
BOTZEN,
or BOZEN (Ital. Bolzano), a town in the Austrian province of Tirol, situated at
the confluence of the Talfer with the Eisak, and a short way above the junction
of the latter with the Adige or Etsch. It is built at a height of 869 ft., and
is a station on the Brenner railway, being 58 m. S. of that pass and 35 m. N. of
Trent. In 1900 it had a population of 13,632, Romanist and mainly
German-speaking, though the Italian element is said to be increasing. Botzen is
a Teutonic town amid Italian surroundings. It is well built, and boasts of a
fine old Gothic parish church, dating from the 14th and 5th centuries, opposite
which a statue was erected in 1889 to the memory of the famous Minnesanger,
Walther von der Vogelweide, who, according to some accounts, was born (c. 1170)
at a farm above Waidbruck, to the north of Botzen.
http://29.1911encyclopedia.org/B/BO/BOTZEN.htm
German Sculptor Gives Jenin a
Statue of Freedom
Palestine
Media Center- (PMC)
Palestinians have
erected a statue of a horse made by a German sculptor from the scrap metal of
cars and homes destroyed during the Israeli occupation army bloody invasion of the northern West
Bank town of Jenin in April 2002.
The multi-colored, five-meter high statue was placed at the southern entrance of
Jenin as a symbol of hope and renewal after a farmer dragged it around the West Bank on a cart attached to a tractor,
accompanied by the German sculptor who showed up in solidarity with the
Palestinian people.
It took 11 hours to travel 90 km (56 miles) within the West Bank because of the
tractor's slow progress and delays at six Israeli occupation army roadblocks on
the way.
About 60 Palestinians were killed in Jenin during a two-week attack in April
2002 by IOF troops.
Kilpper collected scrap metal left over from the siege and built the horse with
the help of 12 Palestinian teenagers.
“Even if they (Israel) destroy so much, we can build our life productively out
of the rubble” he said.
On one side of the horse, a piece of white metal reads “Red Crescent
Society.” It was extracted from an ambulance in which a Palestinian doctor died after it was hit by Israeli occupation forces.
http://www.palestine-pmc.com/details.asp?cat=1&id=920
