Question of the Day #39 · May 1, 2026
The Statue of Liberty was originally designed as a lighthouse intended to stand at the entrance of which waterway?
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The Suez Canal
Before creating the Statue of Liberty, Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi proposed a colossal, torch-bearing woman as a lighthouse at the entrance to the Suez Canal. After that proposal was rejected, he carried elements of the vision into Liberty Enlightening the World in New York Harbor.