Statue of Liberty and Statue of Freedom

[Radphord-Leon Howard, Sr.]

I do not know the purpose of the email I received today stating the Statue of Liberty is a depiction of the Pagan goddess, Hera, and the Statue of Freedom was a bunch of different not so nice characters. It didn't sound correct to me so I did some research and this is what I gleaned from the encyclopedia:  The Statue of Liberty was, originally, to be Columbus but is modeled after the Roman goddess, Libertas, the symbolic goddess of freedom by emancipated slaves. She holds the torch high above her crown of 7 rays of sun, representing the torch of liberty over the 7 seas and 7 continents. (This is why we were referred to as the "Beacon of Liberty for the World") The Republicrats have whored the Statue of Liberty by making us the "Policeman of the World"! That is what we need to change!
As to the Statue of Freedom, I can find no reference that would infer any connection to Persephone, the Symbol of Deceit, Despair, Accusation, Lies, Envy, Distrust, Scheming, Drudgery or Gossip ... In fact, today, many visitors think it is a depiction of a native American because of the eagle headdress and the Indian blanket draped over her shoulder. The fact is Thomas Crawford, the sculptor, created the image after Lady Liberty, including the liberty cap, but Jefferson Davis, the Secretary of War at the time, didn't want any reference to freed slaves so he had the liberty cap removed and  the eagle headdress took its place.
Am I missing something?

[Online Professor]

The Statue of Liberty -- A Masonic Goddess from Top to Bottom
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Babylonian Goddess Ishtar - AKA Liberatas, Juno, Venus, Isis

The Babylonian Ishtar, Imperial Rome's goddess Libertas was Papal Rome's "MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH" and the template for America's Statue of Liberty.

One of the many proofs of Freemasonry's cult of liberty, and furthermore of its deep influence upon our culture and mentality, is the Statue of Liberty. This colossus in New York's harbor was conceived by Freemasons, financed by Freemasons, built by Freemasons, and installed by Freemasons in a Freemasonic ceremony. The poem about "the huddled masses" inscribed on its base was written by American Jewess, Emma Lazarus in 1883 (written in aid of Bartholdi Pedestal Fund, headed by Joseph Pulitzer).
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Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi

The maker of the statue was Freemason Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi. He had already made a statue of the Freemason Marquis de Lafayette for the city of New York, for the occasion of the centenary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

The Statue of Liberty was not originally a ‘Statue of Liberty’ at all, but first planned by Bartholdi for the opening of the Suez Canal in Egypt in 1867 (a recreation of the Ishtar Diety above). Bartholdi, like many French Freemasons of his time, was deeply steeped in ‘Egyptian’ rituals, and it has often been said that he conceived the original statue as an effigy of the goddess Isis, and only later converted it to a ‘Statue of Liberty’ for New York harbour when it was rejected for the Suez Canal."

[Radphord-Leon Howard, Sr.]

I guess I am missing the point .... Are you saying that the Masons are a bane to the nation? If memory serves me right, almost all our Presidents, starting with George Washington, were Masons; some, I am certain, had progressed through the levels to Freemason. There are many presidents who true history shows were not good presidents but I don't think Mason membership had much to do with their 'leadership' - Or am I wrong?

[Keith Allen Lehman]

I agree ... I guess I am missing something as well ... and speaking of pagan statuary ....

Rome was Christianized and the mob tore down much of the statuary that had been present for centuries. It was replaced with the likeness of the characters in the New Testament - Savior, Mother Mary, Peter, Paul and other Saints, as well as depictions of the archangels like Michael, Raphael, et cetera. Indeed, this became the riff between West and East Christianity in the argument over idolatry.

I mention this because within the context of the post refers to pagan idolatry.

And, again, during this period in American history, copying the classical architecture and art was popular; thus the plantations with Roman/Greco columns, et cetera. Even the capital city of Washington, DC was designed in terms of classical architecture and cities in America named for ancient cities of the classical Greco-Roman era.

Some of the Founders were indeed Freemasons, but does this mean a conspiracy? Does it dilute the fact that they created a nation with a unique system that no other nation has ever matched? Indeed, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were slave owners, despite the fact that they conceded that "all men are created equal" -- and they did realize personally that slavery should not and cannot exist in a democracy or a constitutional republic; but were at qualms because of the deep culture of slavery as part of the American culture, when it came to plantations and southern states. While Founders tried to encourage making slavery unlawful, it would take a civil war in order for slaves to be emancipated.

Sorry for digressing here.

[Keith Allen Lehman]

I would like also to add that the online professor has the right to his own opinion on the statuary discussion, but it just seems a bit far-fetched to think there was any underlying agenda behind the Statue of Liberty -- which has become a great symbol world wide of liberty and the hopes of people who seek it, an icon that welcomed millions of immigrants to the shores of America entering the harbor of New York. I remember flying over it when returning from a combat tour and my emotion was not representative by any pagan goddess, but what the Statue of Liberty represents and was built for.

[Radphord-Leon Howard, Sr.]

Keith Allen Lehman said:

I would like also to add that the online professor has the right to his own opinion on the statuary discussion, but it just seems a bit far-fetched to think there was any underlying agenda behind the Statue of Liberty -- which has become a great symbol world wide of liberty and the hopes of people who seek it, an icon that welcomed millions of immigrants to the shores of America entering the harbor of New York. I remember flying over it when returning from a combat tour and my emotion was not representative by any pagan goddess, but what the Statue of Liberty represents and was built for.

I agree with your points, Keith, and like you, I wasn't challenging the online professor's right to his opinion. I am still trying to determine what that opinion is and the reason he sent out the email with what he termed, "pagan goddesses" - I still do not know that.