This Saturday, Lady Liberty’s head will be reopened for the first time since September 11th, 2001. There are a few new stipulations that visitors can look forward to, many of which are to be suspected. Only a relative few, in small groups, specially ticketed, carefully screened and escorted by a park ranger are allowed access to the Green-petinated Copper Beauty standing in New York Harbor. Visitors to the island have dropped some 40% since the closing in 2001, but hopefully the Statue’s reopening will increase the number of visitors and bring a little patriotism back. The official announcement was May 8th, and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar called it “a new beginning, restoring confidence in the American people, in their government and in our place in the world.” He also said that reopening the Crown “would proclaim to the world — both figuratively and literally — that the path to the light of liberty is open to all.” My trip to Liberty Island d…[...]

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Get Your Proton Packs On, The Statue of Liberty’s Head is Opening Back Up!