Why is public access to the balcony around the torch barred?
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Ever wonder why visitors aren't allowed inside the Statue of Liberty's torch? The event that sparked the ban occurred 102 years ago Monday, on July 30, 1916. ... Shrapnel hit the nearby Statue of Liberty, closing off the arm to future visitors, as noted on a commemorative plaque that remains on the site to this day...
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The torch and part of the arm of the Statue of Liberty on display at the 1876 World's Fair, or Centennial Exhibition, in Philadelphia. ... The arm and torch were closed to visitors in 1916 after German spies launched shrapnel into the statue as the result of an attack targeting the nearby Black Tom munitions depot...Mark Brainlist Selected my Question Please
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