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CNN - Josh Levs, 7/04/13

The Statue of Liberty from above in 2007.
The Statue of Liberty from above in 2007.

 

The Statue of Liberty's reopening was a sign of recovery from Superstorm Sandy's devastation last fall and a big bright spot generally on an Independence Day dampened by soaking rains [2] in a large swath of the country and limited by the across-the-board federal budget cuts known as the sequester, which left numerous military bases without annual fireworks displays.

"It is hard to imagine a more appropriate or powerful way to commemorate our nation's founding than to reopen the Statue of Liberty, which is a symbol throughout the world of the freedom America cherishes," Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell said during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Liberty Island, which was hard hit by Superstorm Sandy [3] in October.

 

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[2] http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/04/us/independence-day-weather/
[3] http://earlystart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/30/statue-of-liberty-faces-massive-clean-up-after-superstorm-sandy-cnns-zoraida-sambolin-surveys-the-damage/
[4] http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/04/us/independence-day/?hpt=us_c1
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