Strengthen the Arm of Liberty is the theme of the Boy Scouts of America's fortieth anniversary celebration in 1950. The campaign was inaugurated in 1949 with a dramatic ceremony held at the base of the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World). Approximately 200 BSA Statue of Liberty replicas were installed across the United States.

Replicas

As part of the Strengthening the Arm of Liberty campaign to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), hundreds of scale replicas of the Statue of Liberty have been created nationwide. The Statue of Liberty, by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, bears the classical appearance of the Roman stola, sandals, and facial expression which are derived from Libertas, ancient Rome's goddess of freedom from slavery, oppression, and tyranny. Her raised right foot is on the move. This symbol of Liberty and Freedom is not standing still or at attention in the harbor, but moving forward, as her left foot tramples broken shackles at her feet, in symbolism of the United States's wish to be free from oppression and tyranny.

Manufacture Between 1949 and 1952, approximately two hundred replicas of the statue, made of stamped copper, were purchased by Boy Scout troops and donated in 39 states in the U.S. and several of its possessions and territories. The project was the brainchild of Kansas City businessman, J.P. Whitaker, who was then Scout Commissioner of the Kansas City Area Council.

The copper statues were manufactured by Friedley-Voshardt Co. (Chicago, Illinois) and purchased through the Kansas City Boy Scout office. The statues are approximately tall without the base, constructed of sheet copper, weigh , and originally cost plus freight. The mass-produced statues are not meticulously accurate and a conservator noted that "her face isn't as mature as the real Liberty. It's rounder and more like a little girl's."

Present Many of these statues have been lost or destroyed, but preservationists have been able to account for about 100 of them, and BSA Troop 101 of Cheyenne, Wyoming has collected photographs of more than 100 of them.

Statues include Birmingham, Alabama, Fayetteville, Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Greeley, Colorado, at the Mississippi riverfront in Burlington, Iowa, at Overland Park, Kansas, at Chimborazo Park in Richmond, Virginia, and Veterans Memorial Park in Waterloo, Iowa.

The copper skins can oxidize, resembling the original, and some have been renovated. The statue in Burlington had been taken from its original position in Dankwardt Park, completely renovated, repaired, and polished, and then placed on a pedestal at the riverfront, where it sits today.

List of BSA Statue of Liberty replicas

The following is a list of locations of the replica statues .

Alabama Birmingham - Linn Park, located on the west side of the Jefferson County Courthouse building facing Linn Park; the replica at Liberty Park is not a BSA piece

Arkansas

Fayetteville, Washington Regional Medical Center, North Hills Blvd Pine Bluff, 10th Avenue between Georgia & State Streets on Esplanade opposite South Side Civic Center Sherwood, Amy Sanders Branch Library, 31 Shelby Road

California Bellflower, John Simms Park, 16601 South Clark Avenue

Colorado

Colorado Springs, Old City Hall, 107 North Nevada Avenue Denver, Missing Estes Park, Estes Park Elementary School, 1505 Brodie Ave. Fort Collins, 1526 City Park Dr. Greeley, Corner of 9th Street and 9th Avenue, 901 N 9th Ave. Gunnison, Leslie J. Savage Library at Western State College of Colorado, 600 N. Adams, north wall of the main floor. Originally in Crawford Johnstown, Letford Elementary School, 1099 S Jay Ave Kremmling, Corner of Park St and 2nd St, outside the Kremmling Area Chamber of Commerce La Junta, City Park, 10th St. and Colorado Avenue, 1010 Colorado Ave Longmont, Roosevelt Park, Coffman Street and Longs Peak Avenue, 708 Coffman St. Loveland, Lakeside Park, 399 E Eisenhower Blvd Pueblo, Pueblo County Courthouse, 10th Street Sterling, Logan County Courthouse, off Main St Trinidad, County Courthouse, First Street and Maple Street Walsh, Corner of Santa Fe st and N Neveen St Ward, Camp Tahosa

Florida Orlando, Magnolia and Orange Avenue Quincy, Wallwood Scout Reservation, 23 Wallwood BSA Drive

Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia State Capitol, Across from northeast corner of Capitol grounds. Corner of Capitol Avenue SW and Martin Luther King Drive at the corner of Liberty Plaza. Rome, at Camp Sidney Dew

Guam

Hagatna Harbor, Guam

Idaho Caldwell, Caldwell Memorial Park, Near Grant Street

Illinois London Mills, Village Veteran Park Warsaw, Rolston Park Benton in front of the library Oregon Camp Lowden, BSA

Indiana Dupont, Camp Louis Ernst, BSA, 75 feet west of Indiana SR 7 Gary, 401 Broadway, City Hall Madison, Jefferson County Courthouse, Northwest corner Peru, Miami County Courthouse, Courthouse square, south side Plymouth, Marshall County Commissioners, Marshall County Courthouse South Bend, Old Courthouse, 101 South Main Street

Iowa

Bloomfield, Courthouse Burlington, on the banks of the Mississippi River Cedar Falls, Veterans Memorial Park Cedar Rapids, 1st Ave Bridge, south tip of Ellis Island Clarence, City Park Clinton, Eagle Point Park Decorah, Decorah Courthouse, 201 West Main Des Moines, Iowa State Capitol, East 12th Street Dubuque, Between West 6th and 7th Fairfield, in front of Jefferson County Courthouse Fort Madison, Central Park, Corner of 9th Street & Ave F Grundy Center, Grundy Courthouse Square Independence, Independence Courthouse, 331 1st Street East Iowa City, Campus of City High School Leon, Courthouse, North Main Street, town square Mason City, Central Park Manly, Central Park Mount Pleasant, North West Corner of the Henry County Court House Muscatine, in front of City Hall, 215 Sycamore Street Sioux City, Sioux City Municipal Auditorium Waterloo, Soldiers and Sailors Park Waverly, Bremer County Courthouse, Highway 3, Waverly and Bremer Avenue West Liberty, in front of the City Hall West Point, Center of Town Square Woodbine, in front of the library

Kansas

Coffeyville, in front of the high school Colby, Fike Park, Corner of Franklin and East 8th Street Eldorado, Butler County Historical Courthouse Garden City, Finney County Courthouse, 8th Street side Garnett, Courthouse Square Harlan, Roadside Park, US 281, 5 miles from Harlan Hays, Hays Public Library, 1205 Main Hillsboro, Hillsboro Memorial Park, Birch Street Independence, Penn and Locust Kingman, Kingman Elementary and Junior High School, North Main Street La Crosse, La Crosse City Park, South Main Street Leavenworth, City Hall, Lawn, northeast corner of 5th and Shawnee Lebanon, Kansas Geographical center of the lower 48 states Liberal, Liberal Memorial Library, 519 North Kansas Medicine Lodge, Medicine Lodge Grade School, 320 North Walnut, Northwest corner Overland Park, Shawnee Mission North High School, 7401 Johnson Drive Parsons, Parsons Middle School, Southwest corner, 28th and Main Pratt, Gateway Park, Corner of East First and Stout Russell, Lincoln Park, Corner of 4th and Lincoln Streets St. John, City Park Square, Northeast corner, 4th and Broadway Salina, Oakdale Park, 320 East Ash Smith County, located in small park overlooking the North Fork of the Solomon River Valley just west of U.S. 281 Topeka, Kansas State Capitol grounds Troy, Doniphan County Courthouse, Southwest grounds Washington, Washington County Courthouse, C Street and 3rd Wichita, Roosevelt Middle School, 2100 East Douglas

Kentucky Leitchfield, Grayson County Courthouse

Maryland North East, Maryland, Rodney Scout Reservation, Brown Lodge

Massachusetts Fall River, John F. Kennedy Park, Corner of Bradford and Broadway Avenue Lawrence, Lawrence Public Library

Michigan

Mackinac Island, Mackinac Island Marina

Minnesota Hibbing, City Hall, 401 East 21st Street Alexandria, by Lake Agnes

Mississippi Columbus, located on Main Street

Missouri

Boonville, Cooper County Courthouse, Main Street, In front of Courthouse Butler, Butler Grade School Cape Girardeau, Intersection of Broadway and West End Boulevard Columbia, Formerly located Municipal Building, 505 West Broadway (1950–73) Concordia, Central Park, Seventh Street at Gordon Street Jefferson City, Missouri State Capitol, Capitol and Jefferson Streets, west of Department of Highway and Transportation building Kansas City, Meyer Boulevard and Prospect Avenue Kansas City, North Kansas City High School, Circular promenade near Iron, Howell, and East 23rd Streets Lamar, SE corner of Courthouse lawn Lexington, County Court House, 1001 Main Street Liberty, Franklin Elementary School, 201 West Mill Street Malden, Intersection of Business Highway 25 and Downing Street Marshall, Indian Foothills Park, North entrance Memphis, County Courthouse, Corner of Monroe and Market Streets Mexico, Audrain County Courthouse North Kansas City, North Kansas City High School, Circular promenade near Iron, Howell, and East 23rd Streets Memphis, Scotland County Courthouse, Corner of Monroe and Market Streets Osceola, H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation St. Joseph, Smith Park, Francis between 11th and 12th Salisbury, City Park Sedalia, Pettis County Courthouse Silva, Lewallen Scout Camp Slater, SE corner of Elm St. Springfield, in front of County Courthouse

Montana Great Falls, Gibson Park, Park Drive and 2nd Avenue North Lewistown, Prospect and Main Streets

Nebraska Alma, in front of the courthouse Beatrice, in front of the Gage County Museum Chadron, War Memorial Park Complex, 9th & Shelton Streets Columbus, Pawnee Park, 33rd Avenue Falls City, Court House, 17th and Stone St. Fremont, Masonic Park, 77 and Highway 30 Gering, U and 10th Grand Island, Pier Park Hastings, 12th Street Lincoln, Antelope Park Norfolk, Central Park, 510 Pasewalk Avenue

Scottsbluff, 10th and North 27th Street David City, City park main entrance. Hwy 15 North Platte, Lincoln County Courthouse

New York Amsterdam NY Across from 262 E. Main St, in Health Peace Friendship Square. Hudson, Intersection of Columbia and Green Street Le Roy, Wolcott Street, Opposite Woodward Memorial Library Niagara Falls, Rainbow Bridge Plaza Oneonta, Neawha Park Schenectady, Intersection of Erie Boulevard and Union Street Utica, Median between Elm Street and Pleasant Street

North Carolina Wilmington, Thalian Hall, Front lawn, northeast corner of Third and Princess Streets

North Dakota Fargo, Main and 2nd Streets

Ohio Camp Miakonda, Sylvania(Toledo)

Oklahoma

Blackwell, Memorial Swimming Pool, 1400 South Main Street Chickasha, Shannon Springs Park, part the Grady County Veterans Memorial, southeast of W Montana Ave and S 12th Street Cushing, City Park, 900 block of South Little Street Edmond, Edmond Historical Society and Museum, 431 South Boulevard Enid, Garfield County Courthouse, Grand and Broadway Streets Lindsay, north Main St. Miami, Ottawa County Courthouse, corner of A Street and Central S.E. Muskogee, Spaulding Park, Spaulding Park Lake Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County Courthouse, near corner of Park and Hudson (Statue of Liberty) Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation Capitol, corner of Keetoowah and Muskogee Tulsa, Northwest corner of the Sidney Lanier grade school property, located on Harvard Avenue between 17th and 19th streets Wewoka, Seminole County Courthouse, 100 block of Wewoka Avenue

Oregon Medford, corner of South Oakdale Avenue and West 8th Street

Pennsylvania Berwick, Borough Hall, Market Street Bloomsburg, Bloomsburg Memorial Elementary School, West 5th and South Market Streets Ellwood City, Lincoln High School, 5th and Crescent Avenue New Castle, Owen Penfield Fox Park, Mill and Grove Streets York, Kiwanis Park, North Newberry Street and Parkway Boulevard, on island in lake

South Carolina