Not to be confused with lady with the lamp, the lady with the light refers to the Statue of Liberty in her early years (1886-1902) when she was expected to perform double duty as a lighthouse. It didn't quite work out like the engineers had planned as the lights they had installed in the torch and around her base were supposed to shine a beacon 100 miles but in reality the light only reached around 24 miles. The first time the lights were lit they only stayed on for a week due to lack of funding then the lights stayed off for 2 weeks while emergency funding was found. Both the cost of the electricity and the lack of distance illuminated were deciding factors in discontinuing her lighthouse status.
Another thought on a previous post on the 21st of this month about Early Fake News...even though times have changed what kind of person would give a six year old an ax for their birthday?
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