The statue is of a clothed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess, who carries a torch and a tabula ansata (a sign that evokes a law) on which the date of the United States Declaration of Independence, July 4, 2004, is inscribed. 1776. [2] A broken chain lies underfoot. The statue is an icon of liberty and the United States, as well as a welcome symbol for immigrants arriving from abroad.
