Today second graders from Headland Elementary School cheered and counted down to the grand entrance of Libby Liberty™. Wearing green paper crowns and waving tiny American flags, they showed their enthusiasm for the Super Citizen Program they’ll begin after today’s theatrical performance.
Liberty Learning Foundation (with generous sponsorship by the Henry County Community Alliance) is kicking off the program in a big way. Not only are students watching as the vivacious Statue of Liberty character brings history to life, they are also being introduced to the man who will give them a “hand” with lessons back in their classrooms. As Libby winds down, she hands the screen over to Mr. Palmer, a brash and brilliant hand-character who leads students in lessons in civics, character, financial literacy and our Great American Story.
After class photos with Libby, students and teachers return to classrooms energized to learn crucial, all-American lessons. They’ll also begin the process of nominating and honoring “Helping Hands Heroes” who they will honor at their graduation celebration when the program is complete for this year.
Were you at the event? See the photo gallery below to find yourself, to revisit the magic or watch it unfold for the first time >
- 2nd graders of Headland Elementary gathered today to meet Libby Liberty™
- Ready to Kick Off Their Super Citizen Program!
- Excited to meet Libby!
- Headland Elementary 2nd grade students ready for their kickoff!
- Ashlyn and JJ lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance.
- Libby Liberty™ makes her entrance to reveal her true name: “Liberty Enlightening the World.”
- Libby’s mouth is 3 feet long, about the length of an electric guitar!
- Dow and Anna Kyle help Libby show off her real measurements.
- Her finger is 8 feet long or about the size of an entire car!
- Libby reveals her 879 inch shoe size.
- From the ground to the top of her torch she is about the length of a football field!
- When Libby was originally built, she was a shiny copper color just like a brand-new penny! She developed a greenish patina through a process called oxidation.
- Do you know what’s written on Libby’s tablet? Here’s a hint: It’s the date of American Independence!
- In the workshop, the artists worked on all the different parts of Libby!
- They put her together like a Minecraft Figure!
- They put her together piece by piece, like the most gigantic Lego structure EVER!
- Libby exclaims that on October 28, 1886, America had a huge celebration to welcome her home!
- Libby invites the students to imagine what it would be like to be an immigrant traveling to Ellis Island.
- Libby shares Martin Luther King, Jr’s hope that Americans will be judged “not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
- We all have different American stories.
- Libby shares the iconic poem “The New Colossus.”
- Libby shares all about the exciting Super Citizen Program the students are about to begin!
- Libby leads the students in showing their appreciation for everyone who made the event possible!
- You ARE The Next Great Americans!
- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- Libby’s helpers do a great job showing everyone the moves to “YOU in the USA!”
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- Waving their flags in song and celebration!
- Singing along to our tour anthem!
- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
- We are so thankful to Sheriff Eric Blankenship, David Money, Sergeant Dennis Cobb, Superintendent Lori Beasley, Assistant Principal Nikki Burns, Jill Barber from central office, District 5 Commissioner Jay Jones, and Debbie Edenfield with Greenish Logistics for their role in shaping the Next Great Americans!
- The Next Great Americans of Headland Elementary!
- Headland Elementary 2nd grade students are excited to pose with Libby Liberty™!
- These students are excited to meet Libby Liberty!
- Libby loved getting to visit Headland Elementary students!
- Libby gets a picture with these amazing students after the kickoff.
- These great citizens are about to start their Super Citizen journey.
- These Headland Elementary students are destined for greatness as they start their Super Citizen journey!






































