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France is this true 😭 (infosec.pub)
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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 21 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

“Don’t worry men, we’ll wait until they move us from this island to the mainland.”

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 21 points 14 hours ago

Fun fact, before the statue was placed on Liberty Island the hand with the torch was placed in Madison Square Park as an attraction to help raise funds to put the whole thing up.

https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2022/02/when-statue-of-liberty-left-her-arm-in.html