Statue of Liberty goes dark due to ‘technical glitch’

The Statue of Liberty went dark Tuesday night around 10 p.m. after the lights at the statue shut off with no notice, leaving an iconic New York City sight quiet. 

New Yorkers took to twitter to share photos of the black harbor, questioning whether the shut down was intended to be part of the Women’s Strike scheduled for Wednesday.

#BREAKING—The Statue of Liberty has gone dark, and we don’t know why. (: @randybals) pic.twitter.com/Clg7IvdhkR

— Fusion (@Fusion) March 8, 2017

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

The #StatueOfLiberty has gone dark tonight. Lights off. America’s closed. #DayWithoutAWoman started early pic.twitter.com/J2lzAnEz18

— Alexandra Halaby (@iskandrah) March 8, 2017

When the lights came back on, the Statue of Liberty had a “Nevertheless, she persisted” tattoo on her forearm.

— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) March 8, 2017

i can reliably report that the lights at the statue of liberty are out because she has standards

— tom mckay ಠ_ಠ (@thetomzone) March 8, 2017

{mosads}A National Parks Service spokesperson said the blackout was a technical glitch.

“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,” the spokesperson tweeted.

The lights went back on sometime after 11:30 p.m.