# Is Columbia a manifestation of Liberty?

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The Wikipedia says, at the bottom of the article on Libertas, that Columbia is “seen as an embodiment of Libertas.”

[Libertas - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertas#:~:text=The%20symbolic%20characters%20Columbia%20who%20represents%20the%20United%20States%20and%20Marianne%2C%20who%20represents%20France%2C%20the%20Statue%20of%20Liberty%20(Liberty%20Enlightening%20the%20World)%20in%20New%20York%20Harbor%2C%20and%20many%20other%20characters%20and%20concepts%20of%20the%20modern%20age%20were%20created%2C%20and%20are%20seen%2C%20as%20embodiments%20of%20Libertas).

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