Claim: Statue of Liberty holds a stick above her head.
Evidence: She holds a torch above her head , and in her left arm carries a tabula ansata inscribed in Roman numerals with `` JULY IV MDCCLXXVI '' -LRB- July 4 , 1776 -RRB- , the date of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
A torch is a stick with combustible material at one end , which is ignited and used as a light source.