Setting the Record Straight

Is Rhode Island an island? Is the Middle East in the middle? What is the biggest, deepest, longest? You might be surprised.

When I was ten, I went with my family to New York City, and we saw the Rockettes perform at Radio City Music Hall. We also went ice skating at Rockefeller Plaza and rode a series of elevators to the top of the Empire State Building. But for me, the highlight of the trip was riding a ferry to Liberty Island in New York Harbor and climbing the 354 steps to the crown of the Statue of Liberty, where I was certain I stood inside the head of the tallest full-figure statue in the world.