Statue of Democracy (Nelson's Death)

The Statue of Democracy (sometimes referred to as The Bush Statue) is a 302 foot statue of 32nd President George H.W. Bush built on Liberty Island in New York City. The Statue is considered the sister statue to the Statue of Liberty located in Seattle.

1998 Twin Tower Plot
From 1993 to 2001, George Hebert Walker Bush of the Progressive Conservative Party served as President of the United States. In early 1998, the Central Intelligence Agency detected that a radical Wahhabist terrorist group known as the "Islamic Liberation Front" was plotting to attack the World Trade Center by 2000 with the goal of destroying the twin towers. Though CIA director Porter Goss believed that it was "just an empty threat" and that "nothing should be done about it", Bush denied his evaluation and worked with the Arabian government to unveil the plot and kill Osama Bin Laden, the person behind the plot on August 28th, 1998.

Construction of the Statue
Since May of 2000, New York City Mayor Micheal Bloomberg was considering building a statue as a "Thank You gift" to President Bush from saving NYC from disaster. By December of 2000, the construction began. On the bottom base of the statue, the words "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" are engraved into the old fort in which the statue is built upon. By the end of 2003, the Statue was completed without any delay. At the opening ceremony, Incumbent President Ralph Nader, as well as former living Presidents Bernard Sanders, George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Jimmy Carter were all present.

Tourism
Since it's completion, New York City remains the most visited city in the World with Paris being a close second. Many tourists from across the world come to see the Statue of Democracy in all it's glory. Many consider it and the Statue of Liberty to be symbolism for America as a whole.