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
The Statue of Liberty went dark on Tuesday night, sending folks online into mystery mode to try and determine if it was an accident or if the shutdown was planned. The timing of Lady Liberty going dark comes close to International Women’s Day and the #DayWithoutAWoman protest/strike that will see women across the globe take part in a “one-day demonstration of economic solidarity.” This includes taking the day off, wearing red to show support, and not shopping unless it is “small, women- and minority-owned businesses.”
https://twitter.com/McHugh/status/839318249477136385
https://twitter.com/passantino/status/839324981553053696
So with that proximity, some though it might’ve been a planned protest or some sort of intentional outage to show solidarity with International Women’s Day or at least in protest of Trump’s re-introduced travel ban:
https://twitter.com/emilyvgordon/status/839321016157364224
https://twitter.com/raymondbraun/status/839315748988166145
The lights are out at the Statue of Liberty…that's ONE MORE woman America CANNOT do without. #adaywithoutwomen #LightsOut
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) March 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/AltCaStateParks/status/839315179582074880
Lady Liberty got the memo. On 3/8, we strike! #DayWithoutAWoman #StatueOfLiberty (Anyone know who this amazing artist is? Pls let us know!) pic.twitter.com/AGaHvk3gOj
— Women's March (@womensmarch) March 8, 2017
Wow! The Statue Of Liberty is dark tonight. Looks like someone is getting an early start to #ADayWithoutAWoman. 🇺🇸❤️ #ImWithHer @womensmarch pic.twitter.com/odLbMHFFvS
— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) March 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/loather/status/839329752599048192
I'm with her.
Statue of Liberty. 🖤🗽 pic.twitter.com/S5k8MkenZH— Lynese Wallace (@lynesewallace) March 8, 2017
The truth seems to be less intentional according to the National Park Service. A spokesperson told the New York Post that it seems to be related to a new emergency generator that had just been switched on at the site:
“We believe it is related to the activation of a new emergency backup generator which is being installed as a part of our last remaining hurricane Sandy recovery project,”
NPS also addressed the situation on Twitter and will reportedly head out to investigate what went wrong in the AM.
Some lights on the Statue were temporarily off tonight. Likely related to new emergency generator/Hurricane Sandy recovery project work.
— Statue of Liberty NM (@StatueEllisNPS) March 8, 2017
#BREAKING—The Statue of Liberty "experienced a temporary, unplanned outage" Tuesday night, National Park Service officer tells us over email pic.twitter.com/4vUnQmYNnv
— Splinter (@splinter_news) March 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/katierogers/status/839340339936772096
And while the lights were back on by 11:30, it does still seem to be a moment heading into tomorrow’s events. It might not have been intentional, but it had an effect on people already geared up to take part in the #DayWithoutAWoman.
(Via New York Post / Fusion)