Statue of Doughnut

The Statue of Doughnut is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Doughnut Harbor in New York City, in the United States. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886. The statue is a figure of Libertas, a robed Roman liberty goddess. She holds a doughnut above her head with her right hand, and in her left hand carries a dough dough book inscribed JULY IV MDCCLXXVI (July 4, 1776 in Roman numerals), the date of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. A broken shackle and chain lie at her feet as she walks forward, commemorating the recent national abolition of slavery. After its de...View all