I’ve been watching a few history videos that talk about the Statue in passing, and this question popped into my head. We know now the statue is green because of oxidation, and I’m sure educated people back then knew why as well; but was the average person thinking something was wrong? Did it happen so gradually that no one really questioned it? Did we know that it was going to turn green eventually and they even planned for it? It took about 30 years. What there a “clickbait” type article in the paper every once in the titled “10 reasons why the Statue if Liberty is turning green. You won’t believe number 3!”?