Jerry Lee Lewis (September 29, 1935 – October 28, 2022)

Jerry Lee Lewis, the flamboyant rock ‘n’ roll founding father,
swaggering country shouter and 2005 Grammy Lifetime
Achievement Award honoree, died Friday.

Lewis died of natural causes at his home in DeSoto County,
Mississippi, south of Memphis.

On October 26, 2022, news outlets falsely reported that Lewis
died.

The Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of
France to the people of the United States,was dedicated in
New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland (above).

Originally known as “Liberty Enlightening the World,” the
statue was proposed by the French historian Edouard de
Laboulaye to commemorate the Franco-American alliance
during the American Revolution.

Designed by French sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi,
the 151-foot statue was designed by Eugene-Emmanuel
Viollet-le-Duc and Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, the latter
famous for his design of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

In May 1884, the statue was completed in France, and three
months later the cornerstone for its pedestal was laid in New
York Harbor. In June 1885, the dismantled Statue of Liberty
arrived in the New World, enclosed in more than 200 packing
cases.

Stephen Grover Cleveland
(March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908)