{"id":45323,"date":"2014-09-17T22:21:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T04:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/17\/liberty-some-assembly-required.html"},"modified":"2014-09-18T09:54:24","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T15:54:24","slug":"liberty-some-assembly-required","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/17\/liberty-some-assembly-required.html","title":{"rendered":"Liberty: Some Assembly Required"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some cool pictures of the Status of Liberty, as delivered to the US from France and prior to assembly.<\/p>\n<p>I still think it looks much smaller than it should.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.retronaut.com\/2012\/07\/unboxing-the-statue-of-liberty-1885'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/zNctDrpI2G9pd7jYjAQup8GHnZLaxBNQK9PjZ5vS-rD_GvcRZL3ma5LqUdw8FiEmSIvsCR2CNXmYLm163AJhuqkrzUDSZ_uXJT4gdccLK5dymxqEuHYVDG9rcI3cJBEy_p4plg=w506-h303-p' border='0' \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.retronaut.com\/2012\/07\/unboxing-the-statue-of-liberty-1885'>Retronaut &#8211; 1885: Unboxing the Statue of Liberty<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/CZR2xbudqdA'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some cool pictures of the Status of Liberty, as delivered to the US from France and prior to assembly. 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