Topic: Frederick Auguste Bartholdi

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Morally Obtuse
Episode 902 31:16 - 33:35

902: Morally Obtuse

Statue of Liberty, Muslim Peasant Origin Theory

A media report claims the Statue of Liberty was originally designed by Frederick Auguste Bartholdi as a Muslim Egyptian peasant woman to guard the Suez Canal. The theory suggests that after Egypt rejected the project, Bartholdi repurposed the design for the United States. The hosts dismiss this as "alternate universe" history, asserting the statue was modeled after the sculptor's mother.