The Apathy of America

In 1883 the American Pedestal Committee got a formal notice from the French Maison, me, the statue is complete. She can stand here in Paris till you're ready for her. Like, ha ha, thank you. We're so not ready at all. And no, it's real. It took six whole months for just excavation. They decided to leave the star fort, which I thought was very smart and good of them too. But where, you know, ain't no money in Washington DC, I don't know where they think that money is coming from. Boston offered to take it, them's fighting words. Baltimore wanted it. San Francisco said it would give