On Oct. 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland. Oct. 28, 2011 marks the 125th anniversary of the dedication. Take a look back at the history of the statue and all “the lady” has seen in her 125 years.
The
Statue of Liberty is seen through fog prior to the start of the 125th
Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty ceremony on Liberty Island on
September 22, 2011 in New York City. The 125th Anniversary of the Statue
of Liberty is to be celebrated on October 28th, 2011. (Photo by Daniel
Berehulak/Getty Images)
The
Statue of Liberty with the scaffolding erected by the Works Progress
Administration to furnish a footing for the coppersmiths who are about
to put a flashing or apron around the bottom of the statue to keep out
the storm water which for years has been seeping down through the
masonry of the pedestal in New York City, 1930. (AP Photo) #
Tourists
examine the writing on top of Miss Liberty's crown in New York on
August 4, 1946. The girl on right is Lucille Dupuy of Baton Rouge, La.
The others are unidentified. Many of the visitors to the monument leave
behind markings to commemorate their visit in New York. (AP Photo/Jack
Harris #
A
steady stream of tourists from everywhere in the U.S. and many from
foreign lands, visit the Statue of Liberty (background) in New York
August 4, 1946 which rises from an almost 150-foot pedestal. This height
of the base of the 152-foot figure was necessary to make Miss Liberty
impervious to the high winds of the bay. (AP Photo/FS) #
Seated
at the base of the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe's Island, members of the
Oklahoma City University Choir, dressed in authentic costumes of
Oklahoma's territorial days, serenade the lady with the torch in New
York, Aug. 16, 1955. At right center, seated between two girls, is Prof.
James Nielsen under whose direction the choir is in New York for the
"Oklahoma! Song Fest." (AP Photo/Anthony Camerano) #
The
Statue of Liberty is seen in the background as the damaged
Swedish-American luxury liner Stockholm heads slowly through New York
Harbor for a safe berth July 27, 1956. The passenger ship lost its bow
and prow in a collision with the Italian liner Andrea Doria off
Nantucket Island, Ma., July 25. (AP Photo) #
Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Roerich from Bavaria, Germany, look to the future in New
York City, October 28, 1956, from the stern of the USNS General
Langfitt, anchored in New York Harbor, with 1,267 refugees from Europe.
In the background, is the Statue of Liberty. The couple will settle
somewhere in Ohio. (AP Photo) #
The
old guard fife and drum corpsmen of the third infantry, Fort Myers,
Va., wear 18th century uniforms as they stand in formation behind the
Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island, New York, Oct. 28, 1962. The
occasion was a two-purpose ceremony - the celebration of the 76th
anniversary of the dedication of the Bartholdi Statue and the laying of
the cornerstone of the museum of immigration, scheduled to opening 1964.
(AP Photo) #
The
Statue of Liberty is in the foreground as warships move up the Hudson
River past the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center and the New York
Skyline in Operation Sail preliminaries, Saturday, July 3, 1976. Vessel
at right sets up a spray of welcome at far right is the Empire State
building. (AP Photo/ETA) #
100
women from various women's liberation groups demonstrated on Liberty
Island, August 10, 1970. The demonstration was to show support for the
proposed equal rights amendment which is currently before the Congress.
Shortly after noon, park rangers made the women remove the banner from
the base of the statue. (AP Photo/stf) #
Seated
in an open cockpit of a restored swallow biplane, Capt. Buck Hilbert
pilots the vintage 1929 plane over New York Harbor and the Statue of
Liberty, right, on June 4, 1976. Capt. Hilbert, a United Airlines DC-8
pilot, restored the little plane which has not been flown in 45 years.
(AP Photo/David Pickoff) #
A
young visitor photographs the Statue of Liberty towering high over
Liberty Island, Sept. 7, 1976. For tourists, the 225 tons of copper and
steel is a must on their see-New York list. Some take the next ferry
back to Manhattan, while many stay to climb to a vantage point in the
crown to view New York Harbor. (AP Photo/Jerry Mosey) #
Visitors
begin the 12-story climb to the crown of the Statue of Liberty in New
York Harbor, Sept. 8, 1976. On this day they made the trip up and down
in an hour. "Space becomes very restricted at higher levels," warns the
sign at left. "Views from the crown are limited because of the small
size windows." (AP Photo/Jerry Mosey) #
Visitors
crane for a quick peek through the tiny window from inside the crown of
the Statue of Liberty in New York City, Sept. 7, 1976. On a busy
weekend when some 14,000 persons visit the statue in New York Harbor,
the climb up and down the 108 steps inside the statue takes at least an
hour. (AP Photo) #
A
helicopter hovers over the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor on
Tuesday, Oct. 25, 1977 after about two Dozen Demonstrators occupied the
Statue and draped its forehead with a Puerto Rican flag. The group, who
were calling for Puerto Rican independence and for release of four
Puerto Rican nationalists serving terms for the 1954 shooting of five
congressmen, held the Statue for nine hours before being rounded up. (AP
Photo/JR) #
Police
officer on parapet at base of the Statue of Liberty, bottom left,
attempts to talk down climbers on Liberty Island in New York Harbor on
May 10, 1980. The men, using rubber suction cups and spikes clambered up
the statue to protest what they termed the "framing" of Elmer Geronimo
Pratt, serving time for the 1969 slaying of a school teacher. Banner at
top right reads: "Liberty was framed -- Free Geronimo Pratt." (AP
Photo/David Karp) #
A
man identified by the National Park Service as Arthur Allen sits on the
crown of the Statue of Liberty in New York City, Sept. 14, 1981, while a
New York City policeman attempts to reach him by climbing through an
opening in the crown. The man threw leaflets for a write-in campaign for
mayor before police pulled him up and arrested him. (AP Photo) #
Flame
sculpture from the Statue of Liberty is hoisted over a pedestal for a
fitting before being shipped to California for an appearance in the New
Years Day Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena, Dec. 16, 1984. The torch and
flame of the Statue of Liberty have been in a workshop on Liberty Island
after being removed during restoration work. The pedestal will be used
to support the flame on the Rose Bowl float. (AP Photo/Dan Cornish) #
Workers
remove the first of seven giant spikes from the Statue of Liberty's
crown, part of a program to refinish and strengthen the spikes during an
overall restoration of the statue, in New York, Thursday, April 5,
1985. Each of the spikes, which represent the seven seas and seven
continents, is about 9 feet long and 150 pounds. The Lower Manhattan
skyline, with the twin towers, can be seen in background. (AP
Photo/pool) #
Workmen
place the final three spikes of the Statue of Liberty crown in place as
the last touches in the exterior restoration of the 305-foot hall
monument in New York Harbor on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 1985. After the
replacement of the refurbished seven spikes, each ranging up to nine
feet in length and weighing some 150 pounds, the restoration workmen
will work on the exterior of the statue. (AP Photo/Ed Bailey) #
Mrs.
Nancy Reagan is joined by Kristeen Reft, 9, of Kodiak Island, Alaska,
left, and Laurence Honore of Herdville, France, center, as all three
wave from the crown of the Statue of Liberty during reopening ceremonies
on Saturday, July 5, 1986 in New York. The Statue was closed do the
public for a year for renovation. (AP Photo/Susan Ragan) #
Workmen
start removing scaffolding surrounding the exterior of the Statue of
Liberty in New York, Dec. 17, 1985. Outside work on "the lady" has been
completed and some interior work has yet to be done. The scaffolding
removal will take four months. The refurbished Statue of Liberty will be
rededicated in July 1986. (AP Photo/New York Daily News) #
Sailors
aboard the USS Wasp man the rails as the multipurpose amphibious
assault ship reaches the Statue of Liberty May, 21, 1997 during opening
ceremonies for the tenth annual Fleet Week involving Navy ships in New
York. Several thousand sailors will spend the week on shore leave in
town as their ships are moored off mid-town Manhattan and opened to the
public. (JON LEVY/AFP/Getty Images) #
Firefighter
Ron Parker salutes as he passes the Statue of Liberty in New York
Harbor Thursday, Dec. 20, 2001. He was with the first boatload of
tourists going to Liberty Island as the icon of American freedom
reopened for the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Parker
who works at the World Trade Center disaster site, said "I need to take
a break.....I needed to say a prayer for my friends." (AP Photo Tina
Fineberg) #
Clouds
hover over downtown Manhattan (as seen) from a view from the crown of
the Statue of Liberty on July 4, 2009 in New York City. The crown of the
famous statue, which was closed to the public after the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks, was opened again on the nation's Independence Day for
a limited number of visitors each day. The base, pedestal and outdoor
observation deck were reopened in 2004, but the crown remained
off-limits. (Photo by David Goldman-Pool/Getty Images) #
The
sun sets behind the Statue of Liberty on the longest day of the year,
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 in New York. The summer solstice, the official
start of the summer and the longest day of the year, occurs when the
North Pole is tilted closest to the sun and sun reaches its highest
point in the sky. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) #
The
Statue of Liberty is seen in New York, Oct. 26, 2006. The House
Representatives on Tuesday, June 26, 2007, prodded parks officials to
re-open the crown of the 121-year-old statue to the public, a step the
government says is too dangerous. For the second year in a row an
amendment was added to a spending bill giving the National Park Service
$1 million to study how to safely re-open the staircase to the statue's
crown, something that has been prohibited since the 2001 terror attacks.
(AP Photo/Seth Wenig) #
Lower
Manhattan is seen through the windows in the crown of the Statue of
Liberty on May 8, 2009 in New York City. Secretary of the Interior Ken
Salazar announced that the crown of the famous statue, which was closed
to the public after the September 11 terrorist attacks, will be open
again on July 4 of this year to a limited number of visitors a day.
(Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) #
Tourists
mill about the edge of Liberty Island as seen through the windows in
the crown of the Statue of Liberty on May 8, 2009 in New York City.
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the crown of the
famous statue, which was closed to the public after the September 11
terrorist attacks, will be open again on July 4 of this year to a
limited number of visitors a day. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
#
Erica
Breder, 25, right, looks over at Aaron Weisinger, 26, both of Walnut
Creek, California after accepting his surprise wedding proposal while
visiting the crown of the Statue of Liberty on July 4, 2009 in New York
City. The crown of the famous statue, which was closed to the public
after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, was opened again on the nation's
Independence Day for a limited number of visitors each day. The base,
pedestal and outdoor observation deck were reopened in 2004, but the
crown remained off-limits. (Photo by David Goldman-Pool/Getty Images) #
The
arm of the Statue of Liberty and part of her crown are seen through a
window inside the crown, Wednesday, May 20, 2009 in New York. The Statue
of Liberty's crown, with its exhilarating view of New York's
skyscrapers, bridges and seaport, is reopening on Independence Day for
the first time since terrorists leveled the World Trade Center just
across the harbor. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) #
In
this May 20, 2009 photo, Statue of Liberty park ranger Lance Williams
looks out the windows inside the crown of the statue in New York. Had
the smoke alarm of July 21, 2010 not been a malfunction and there had
actually been a fire in the 125-year-old structure, the New York City
fire department and National Parks service were prepared to fight it
with fireboats and equipment already in place on the island. (AP
Photo/Richard Drew) #
Jennifer
Stewart, of Brooklyn Heights, N.Y., and the national winner of the
Statue of Liberty centennial look-alike contest, takes a picture of the
Statue of Liberty from a ferry in New York, Saturday July 4, 2009. The
first visitors were allowed into the Statue of Liberty's crown Saturday
in nearly eight years after it was closed to the public after the Sept.
11, 2001, attacks. The base, pedestal and outdoor observation deck were
reopened in 2004, but the crown remained off-limits. (AP Photos/David
Goldman) #
A
US flag flutters above the Statue of Liberty in New York, December 9,
2010. The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) is a
colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor,
designed by Frederic Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886. The
statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, is of a
robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom,
who bears a torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon
which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence.
A broken chain lies at her feet. The statue has become an iconic symbol
of freedom and of the United States. (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
#
Visitors
ride the Staten Island ferry with the Statue of Liberty in the
background January 5, 2011 in New York City. In 2010, New York City drew
a record 48.7 million visitors, making the city the number one U.S.
tourist destination for the second year in a row. (Photo by Mario
Tama/Getty Images) #
Tourists
take photographs of the Statue of Liberty while riding on the first
Staten Island Ferry to leave Lower Manhattan just hours after Hurricane
Irene blew through the region August 28, 2011 in New York City. Irene
hit New York as a Category 1 hurricane before being downgraded to a
tropical storm. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) #
A
view of rough surf and the Statue of Liberty from Valentino Pier in Red
Hook Brooklyn as the skies clear in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene on
August 28, 2011 in New York City. The hurricane hit New York as a
Category 1 storm before being downgraded to a tropical storm. (Photo by
Jemal Countess/Getty Images) #
The
annual "Tribute in Light" memorial echoing the twin towers of the
World Trade Center illuminates the night sky during the 10th Anniversary
of the September 11, 2001 attacks at the lower Manhattan site of the
World Trade Center September 11, 2011, in this view from Bayonne, New
Jersey. Also seen are the Statue of Liberty (2nd R), 1 World Trade
Center (C) and the Empire State Building (L). (STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty
Images) #
The
Statue of Liberty is seen through the windows of a boat prior to the
start of the 125th Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty ceremony on
Liberty Island on September 22, 2011 in New York City. The 125th
Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty is to be celebrated on October
28th, 2011. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) #
In
this undated photo provided by EarthCam, the Statue of Liberty's torch
glows against the evening sky in New York Harbor in New York. Five torch
cams will be switched on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, during a ceremony to
commemorate the statue's dedication. The five cameras, which will be on
24 hours, 7 days a week, were donated to the National Park Service by
Earthcam Inc., a New Jersey-based company that manages a network of
webcams around the world. (AP Photo/EarthCam) #
This
undated photo provided by EarthCam, shows the Statue of Liberty in New
York Harbor from a camera mounted in its torch, in New York. Five torch
cams will be switched on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, during a ceremony to
commemorate the statue's dedication. The five cameras, which will be on
24 hours, 7 days a week, were donated to the National Park Service by
Earthcam Inc., a New Jersey-based company that manages a network of
webcams around the world. (AP Photo/EarthCam) #
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