Lady Liberty’s Cloak of Darkness. ... There’s a relatively short distance between total subjectivism and conspiracy theories or propaganda. Sometimes, in other words, the lights just go out ...

Before Lady Liberty, There Was Lady Columbia, ... And in World War I, the ruddy-faced, gruff-looking Uncle Sam came to supplant the more ethereal Columbia in war propaganda.

“Reclining Liberty,” a 25-foot-long Lady Liberty set in a lounging pose by artist Zaq Landsberg, is moving from the New York area and taking up residence in Arlington, Virginia.