Why Did the Statue of Liberty Go Dark?
The Statue of Liberty's "Power Outage" Couldn't Have Come at a Better Time
Lady Liberty's spotlights mysteriously went dark on March 7, which also happened to be the eve of International Women's Day and A Day Without a Woman. While the official word from the National Parks Service cited a "work related" accident for the outage, many speculated that the statue's darkness was a sly acknowledgement of the strike.
Sure enough, the Women's March organizers, who organized the Day Without a Woman strike, were vocal about their suspicions on Twitter. "Thank you Lady Liberty for standing with the resistance and going dark for #DayWithoutAWoman," the group posted.
Thank you Lady Liberty for standing with the resistance and going dark for #DayWithoutAWoman 🗽
📷: @randybals #StatueOfLiberty pic.twitter.com/D0JG9MmSRj
— Women's March (@womensmarch) March 8, 2017
Although the NPS further explained the "unplanned" outage was part of "an ongoing project to activate a new emergency backup generator which is part of our last remaining Hurricane Sandy recovery projects," it didn't stop people on social media from suspecting it was still a unauthorized protest. Given that President Donald Trump has a personal vendetta against the NPS, it seems likely that even if Lady Liberty's darkness was truly intentional, the agency could never admit it.
Ahead are some social media reactions to the Statue of Liberty's brief darkness.
The Statue of Liberty has gone dark? Seriously? If this was in a movie you'd think it was too on the nose.
— Emily V Gordon (@emilyvgordon) March 8, 2017
Apparently the Statue of Liberty lights went out due to a power failure. But I would argue women are also protesting due to a power failure.
— Aparna Nancherla (@aparnapkin) March 8, 2017
.@POTUS signs a new travel ban and the lights mysteriously go out in the Statue of Liberty. Coincidence? Or...was Obama behind it?!?😉
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) March 8, 2017
In all my 25 years living in NYC, I never heard of the Statue of Liberty's lights just suddenly turning off. #ADayWithoutAWomen
— Jerry Rengel (@SpaceRengel) March 8, 2017
