Why does Leicester have a Statue of Liberty?
Leicester鈥檚 copy of the Statue of Liberty was made by local sculptor Joseph Morcom.
On a traffic roundabout in the heart of Leicester is a seventeen feet tall copy of the Statue of Liberty.
Commissioned in 1919, this version of the New York icon was made by a local sculptor called Joseph Morcom.
But despite being in full view of thousands of people every day, few people know why it鈥檚 there, where it stood originally, or its connection to Leicester鈥檚 once proud shoe manufacturing industry.
蜜芽传媒 Leicester鈥檚 Ben Jackson uncovers the story with historian Gurinder Mann from Leicester鈥檚 Museums.
Produced by Pete Wardman.
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