Lady Liberty

Today, we set the WABAC machine to 19 June 1885, destination Bedloe’s Island, New York, 127 years ago.  When we got there we watched the French frigate Isere sail into the harbor.  Dad tells us that aboard the Isere are 241 crates, that contain the Statue of Liberty.  When the pieces are assembled the statue is 151 feet tall.  What we see in the boxes is not the familiar green giant of today, but a shiny copper version.  You see the statue is made from copper sheets.  Over time copper will oxidize to the green color we are used to seeing. 

Statue of Liberty from Wikipedia

The Head on Display in Paris

The statue makes us think of Grand Paw seeing the statue on his way to Europe to fight in WW II, and then again when he returned home from the war.  We think of our pal Asta, gazing on the statue so many times when her pack lived in New York City. 

I Wonder What Shape A Dog Would Have Chosen

We sat back and wondered what the statue would have looked like if the dogs of New York City would have designed it.  Somehow, we think the shape would have been far different than it is today.  The collies think most of you pups can guess what shape we think it would have been. 

Dog Speed,

Essex & Sherman