Today second graders from Cedar Bluff, Centre Elementary, Gaylesville, Sand Rock, Spring Garden 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 Cherokee 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 >
- Cherokee County Schools students gathered today to meet Libby Liberty™!
- Ready to Kick Off Their Hands on Liberty Program!
- Excited to meet Libby!
- All smiles from Cherokee County Schools students as they prepare to meet Libby Liberty™!
- 2nd grade Students of Cherokee County Schools arrive to their Hands on Liberty Kickoff!
- Ready to Kick Off Their Hands on Liberty Program!
- Elania, Ty, and Emory 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!
- Libby’s nose is about the height of the average 5th grader, or Harry Potter?!
- Her finger is 8 feet long or about the size of an entire car!
- 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!
- Libby’s torch is what lights the way to freedom.
- Do you know what’s written on Libby’s tablet? Here’s a hint: It’s the date of American Independence!
- Mr. Eiffel designed her skeleton, just like he designed the Eiffel Tower!
- 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!
- Ellis Island is right next to Liberty Island, which is where Libby lives.
- 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.”
- “I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” –Emma Lazarus
- Libby shares all about the exciting Super Citizen Program the students are about to begin!
- Libby shows off the Liberty Learning Foundation Torch Pin that looks just like her.
- 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!
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- Waving their flags in song and celebration!
- Libby’s helpers do a great job showing everyone the moves to “YOU in the USA!”
- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
- Singing along to our tour anthem!
- U.S.A.!
- These students are singing our tour anthem loud and proud!
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- We are so thankful to Superintendent Michael Welsh; Jesse Battles, Alabama State Senate District 10 candidate; Jennifer Mackey, Elementary Curriculum Coordinator; SRO Kelley; and Matt West, Assistant Principal of Galesville, for showing up and supporting the students of Cherokee County Schools!
- The Next Great Americans of Cherokee County Schools!
- Cherokee County Schools students are excited to begin their Hands on Liberty journey!
- These amazing Cherokee County Schools students are ready for an exciting Hands on Liberty adventure!
- Libby Liberty™ loved meeting the students of Cherokee County Schools!
- Nothing but smiles from these amazing Cherokee County Schools students!
- Libby Liberty™ poses with these awesome Cherokee County Schools students after the kickoff!
- These incredible students are ready to learn and grow throughout their Hands on Liberty journey!
- Libby had a blast visiting with these amazing Cherokee County Schools students!
- Big smiles and lots of excitement from these amazing Cherokee County Schools students!
- A picture-perfect moment with Libby Liberty™ and these amazing students!
- These Cherokee County Schools students are all smiles after an exciting Hands on Liberty kickoff!
- These Cherokee County Schools students had a great time posing with Libby Liberty™!
- An exciting Hands on Liberty journey begins for Cherokee County Schools!
- The Official Libby Liberty™ Selfie!




















































