French sculpting company Atelier Misso announced it will build the “tallest statue in the West” in 2026 to commemorate the United States’ 250th anniversary.
The French company is planning on completing the project by July 4th of next year, 2026, the 250th anniversary of America.
The new statue will be made out of titanium to withstand years of unpredictable weather conditions.
When contacted by Newsweek over the phone, the Paris-based company Atelier Misso confirmed the project was genuine.
According to the news outlet, “it remains to be seen whether Atelier Misso will secure the funding and permission necessary to attempt to build their statue. Given the date, completing it for 2026 could prove challenging.”
Atelier Misso wrote on X:
After months of hard work, we’re proud to unveil the statue we’ll build to honor the 250th anniversary of the United States. The Guardian of Liberty. What you see here is just the scale model. The real one will be gigantic, the tallest statue in the West. So many people have offered to fund it, but the real challenge will be getting visas so we can build it on American soil. Finishing it in less than a year won’t be easy… but as Napoleon once said, “Impossible is not French!”
After months of hard work, we’re proud to unveil the statue we’ll build to honor the 250th anniversary of the United States.
The Guardian of Liberty.
What you see here is just the scale model. The real one will be gigantic, the tallest statue in the West.
So many people have… pic.twitter.com/Y8auo5aUy0
— Atelier Missor (@AtelierMissor_) October 23, 2025
The group added:
“To our fellow Americans : we are the last sculpture foundry in France and we have a message for you. Keep the Statue of Liberty; it’s rightfully yours. But get ready for another one. A New Statue of Liberty, much bigger, made out of titanium to withstand millions of years. We, the French people, are going to make it again!”
To our fellow Americans : we are the last sculpture foundry in France and we have a message for you.
Keep the Statue of Liberty; it’s rightfully yours. But get ready for another one.
A New Statue of Liberty, much bigger, made out of titanium to withstand millions of years.
We,… pic.twitter.com/GrRSUw4ACg
— Atelier Missor (@AtelierMissor_) March 18, 2025
This group is impressive.
Everything great we have today was once a dream. If we don’t dream today, we will have nothing to give to the future. It is a treason to time itself. pic.twitter.com/CTfx8wK1pT
— Atelier Missor (@AtelierMissor_) September 25, 2025
And they defend Western ideals.
Europe has betrayed the ideals of the Enlightenment.
The pursuit of truth, meritocracy, and the personal duty to discern right from wrong—all of this has been cast aside in favor of a return to the old order, perversely cloaked in the very language of the Enlightenment.
Today,…
— Atelier Missor (@AtelierMissor_) August 22, 2025