The Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island in New York Bay has become an integral part of the Big Apple today. On Friday it was exactly 137 years ago that the world-famous gift from the French to the Americans arrived in New York harbor. With the French warship ‘L’Isère’, in 350 pieces. It would not be officially inaugurated until almost a year and a half later, on October 28, 1886.
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This week in 1885: World-famous Statue of Liberty arrives in New York, with French warship and in 350 pieces
