| “ | When I was a kid, my pop, he went on a business trip or some shit to New York City, and he brought me back this little souvenir of the Statue of Liberty. I remember, I... I just couldn't imagine how something so small could also be so giant. You know? So, anyway, Pop, he, uh... He promises he's gonna take me in to see the real thing and... makes a whole plan, you know, picked a weekend and train tickets, the whole nine. And as generally was the case with my dad... something came up, I guess. Anyway, I still haven't seen Lady Liberty in the flesh.
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The Statue of Liberty is a location in AMC's The Walking Dead: Dead City. It is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, within New York City.
Pre-Apocalypse[]
The idea for the statue was conceived in 1865, when the French historian and abolitionist Édouard de Laboulaye proposed a monument to commemorate the upcoming centennial of U.S. independence (1876), the perseverance of American democracy and the liberation of the nation's slaves. The Franco-Prussian War delayed progress until 1875, when Laboulaye proposed that the people of France finance the statue and the United States provide the site and build the pedestal. Bartholdi completed the head and the torch-bearing arm before the statue was fully designed, and these pieces were exhibited for publicity at international expositions. The torch-bearing arm was displayed at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, and in Madison Square Park in Manhattan from 1876 to 1882.
Post-Apocalypse[]
Following the outbreak, the statue began to fall apart and be overgrown but still stands.
Season 1[]
"Old Acquaintances"[]
Negan recalls a story where his father had promised to take him to the Statue of Liberty as a kid, but he never did. Negan tells Maggie that, to this day, he has yet to see it.
"Doma Smo"[]
Following an argument with her son, Maggie looks across the water at the badly damaged Statue of Liberty before she drives off.
Season 2[]
"Power Equals Power"[]
The Statue of Liberty can be seen on the Manhattan skyline.
"Another Shitty Lesson"[]
The Liberty Queen passes by the Statue of Liberty on its way to Manhattan.
Appearances[]
Dead City[]
Season 1[]
- "Doma Smo"
Season 2[]
Trivia[]
- In The Walking Dead: Dead City credits, curtains can be seen fluttering in the crown of the Statute of Liberty, suggesting that survivors may be living there.
- The Statue of Liberty is one of four locations that's destruction during Operation Cobalt is featured in the opening credits for The Walking Dead: Dead City.
- The other locations are the Brooklyn Bridge, the New York City Subway System and Central Park.
- Other iconic features of New York that are shown getting destroyed during Operation Cobalt are the Empire State Building, Time Square, and Broadway.