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Standing on Liberty Island at the entrance to New York
Harbor, the Statue of Liberty was a welcoming signal
to millions of immigrants and a symbol of freedom and
democracy in the United States.
Designed by the French sculptor Frédéric Auguste
Bartholdi and given as a gift to the United States from the
people of France, the robed female figure represents the
Roman goddess Libertas. In one hand she raises a torch,
in the other she holds a tablet inscribed with the date of
the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.
The 151 ft. (46 m) tall copper statue was constructed in
France and shipped in pieces to the completed pedestal
on what was then called Bedloe’s Island. The dedication
ceremony in October 1886 was presided over by
President Grover Cleveland and marked by New York’s
first ever ticker-tape parade.
The Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty