Today second graders from Corley 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 Marshall 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 >
- Corley Elementary students gathered today to meet Libby Liberty™
- Ready to Kick Off Their Hands on Liberty Program!
- These students wave their flags with excitement as they arrive at the Super Citizen Kickoff!
- Excited to meet Libby!
- Ready to Kick Off Their Hands on Liberty Program!
- Corley Elementary students gathered today to meet Libby Liberty™
- These students wave their flags with excitement as they arrive at the Super Citizen Kickoff!
- Excited to meet Libby!
- Adley and Rex lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance.
- Libby Liberty™ makes her entrance to greet the students!
- Libby’s official name is Liberty Enlightening the World.
- Ellie Jo and Maggie help Libby show off her real measurements.
- 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!
- In the workshop, the artists worked on all the different parts of Libby! They put her together like a Minecraft Figure!
- 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.
- In the words of Martin Luther King, Jr.: we are “judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
- Libby shares the iconic poem “The New Colossus.”
- “I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” –Emma Lazarus
- Libby leads the students in showing their appreciation for everyone who made the event possible!
- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
- Libby’s helpers do a great job showing everyone the moves to “YOU in the USA!”
- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
- These students are excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- U.S.A.!
- Libby loves having Super Citizens singing along to her tour anthem!
- Thank you to Principal Ben Jones and Pam Osborn of Peoples Independent Bank for their role in shaping the Next Great Americans!
- The Next Great Americans of Corley Elementary!
- Corley Elementary 2nd graders are excited to begin their Hands on Liberty journey!
- Libby Liberty™ loved meeting these incredible 2nd graders from Corley Elementary!
- Nothing but smiles from these amazing Corley Elementary students!
- What an exciting day for the 2nd graders of Corley Elementary!
- These Corley Elementary 2nd graders are excited to start their Hands on Liberty journey!
- Big smiles from these 2nd graders after an exciting Hands on Liberty kickoff!
- Libby Liberty™ loved spending time with the 2nd graders of Corley Elementary!
- A picture-perfect moment with Libby Liberty™ and these Corley Elementary students!
- Libby loved seeing all the smiling faces at Corley Elementary!
- Libby Liberty™ had so much fun visiting with these Corley Elementary students!
- Libby shares high fives with these students after the show!










































