Tuesday, November 1, 2011

The 125th Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty

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.
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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)

 
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In this photo released by Agence Papyrus the structure of the hand of the Statue of Liberty, designed by French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, is seen inside a Paris studio around 1875. (AP Photo/Agence Papyrus) #
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Workmen constructing the Statue of Liberty in Bartholdi's Parisian warehouse workshop; first model; left hand; and quarter-size head--Winter 1882. Photo from the Library of Congress. #
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In this photo released by Agence Papyrus the Statue of Liberty designed by French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi is being built at a Paris studio around 1876. (AP Photo/Agence Papyrus) #
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In this photo released by Agence Papyrus the head of the Statue of Liberty designed by French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi is seen inside a Paris studio around 1880. (AP Photo/Agence Papyrus) #
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In this photo released by Agence Papyrus the Statue of Liberty designed by French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi towers over Paris rooftops in 1884. (AP Photo/Agence Papyrus) #
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This is a photo showing the head of the Statue of Liberty on display in France early in 1884 prior to being shipped to the United States. (Photo from the Library of Congress) #
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The metal structure of the Statue of Liberty, designed by French sculptor Frederic August Bartholdi, appears on its pedestal on Bedloe Island off New York in 1886. (AP Photo/Agence Papyrus) #
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Visitors peek out from under the crown of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, Oct. 26, 1946. (AP Photo) #
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This aerial view shows lower Manhattan, New York City, in 1928. At far right is the tower of the Woolworth building and in left center is the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island. The Manhattan Bridge is in the foreground and the Brooklyn Bridge is at center. (AP Photo) #
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American actress and aviator Ruth Elder, who will attempt be the first woman to fly from New York to Paris, flies past the Statue of Liberty, New York, on October 4, 1927, during a recent test flight, in her plane 'American Girl'. (AP Photo) #
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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) #
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The ocean liner Queen Mary passes the Statue of Liberty as she enters New York Harbor after completing her first voyage to the United States on June 1, 1936. (AP Photo) #
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President Franklin Roosevelt, speaks on the 50th anniversary of the erection of the State of Liberty in New York, on Oct. 28, 1936. He declared that, "To the message of Liberty which America sends to all the world must be added her message of peace." (AP Photo/Preston Stroup) #
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Fifty Jewish refugee children, between ages 5 and 16, arrive in New York from Hamburg, Germany, on the liner President Harding on June 3, 1939. (AP Photo) #
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Celebrations for the 55th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty are seen, Oct. 28, 1941. A garrison flag, 20 by 38 feet, presented by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, is draped over the base of the statue. (AP Photo) #
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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 #
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Merchant ships lie at anchor in front of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, Sept. 16, 1946. The ships tied up because of waterfront strikes. Only a few tugs and ferries are on the move. (AP Photo) #
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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) #
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A threesome of visitors from Detroit, Michigan get a view of lower Manhattan's skyline from the base of the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor, July 12, 1948. Left to right are: Ruth Thome, Reva Nelson and Rose Casey. (AP Photo/Ed Ford) #
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Helen Foster and George Clancy perch on a rail on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor on July 2, 1949. July 4, 1949 marked the 65th anniversary of the presentation of the statue to the United States by the people of France. (AP Photo/Jacob Harris) #
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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) #
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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) #
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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) #
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Queen Elizabeth turns and smiles while Prince Philip points and shouts something as the royal couple pass the famed Statue of Liberty on the Army ferryboat carrying them from Staten Island to Manhattan for their one-day visit to New York City, on Oct. 21, 1957. (AP Photo). #
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An air view of Liberty Island and the Statue of Liberty. (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff)) #
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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) #
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The Statue of Liberty in New York is seen in New York Harbor, Oct. 1, 1965. (AP Photo/John Rooney) #
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People waiting to board Statue of Liberty ferry in New York on May 1, 1968. (AP Photo) #
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Man purchasing round trip ticket to board the Statue of Liberty ferry in New York on May 1, 1968. (AP Photo) #
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People on board ferry to go see the Statue of Liberty in New York on May 1, 1968. (AP Photo) #
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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) #
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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) #
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Members of Los Muchachos, the International Boys Circus shown in an acrobatic act at the base of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor on Sept. 17, 1973. The International Boys Circus was on a tour of 24 cities in the United States. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler) #
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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) #
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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) #
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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) #
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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) #
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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) #
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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) #
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A father puts his children in the foreground of a vacation snap, with Liberty's rear as the background in New York on Sept. 3, 1980. (AP Photo/Angel Franco) #
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Republican presidential nominee Ronald Reagan points to the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor in background as he campaigns with rolled up sleeves and an open shirt at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J., Sept. 1, 1980. (AP Photo/Walt Zeboski) #
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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) #
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Close-up of Statue of Liberty in New York City on Nov. 1, 1983. (AP Photo/ Dave Pickoff) #
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The Statue of Liberty awaits the removal of its torch on Tuesday, July 3, 1984 in New York Harbor. It was one day away from what historians are calling the most dramatic alteration ever for an American National Monument. (AP Photo) #
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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) #
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Visitors to the Statue of Liberty make their way to the enshrouded monument on New York's Liberty Island May 28, 1984. Memorial Day was the last day the statue was open to the public until the renovation was completed. (AP Photo/Mario Suriani) #
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The Statue of Liberty is barely visible under the network of scaffolding as work to restore the statue is started, July 4, 1984. (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff) #
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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) #
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The gold flame of the Statue of Liberty is put in position on top of the hand overlooking New York Harbor in New York City on Nov. 25, 1985. Two men are inside of the hand as it is lowered into position. Terry McCabe of Delro, is the rigging supervisor (center, no hat). (AP Photo/Ed Bailey) #
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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) #
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While a Statue of Liberty commemorative flag waves from the back of a boat, the Italian tall ship Amerigo Vespucci waits in the waters off Sandy Hook for its trip to the Statue, July 3, 1986. (AP Photo/Jack Kanthal) #
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Fireworks ring Lower Manhattan in a spectacular fireworks display honoring the refurbished Statue of Liberty at Bayonne, New Jersey Friday, July 4, 1986. The World Trade center is to the right of the Statue. (AP Photo/Charles P. Mosey) #
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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) #
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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) #
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Statue of Liberty, start of removing scaffolding from Lady Liberty, Dec. 17, 1985 in New York. (AP Photo/Mario Cabrera) #
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Statue of Liberty during restoration in New York in 1985. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) #
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Workers are shown in New York on Dec. 17, 1985 removing scaffolding from the Statue of Liberty. (AP Photo/Mario Cabrera) #
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The tall ship Danmark, with her crew high in the rigging, passes the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, July 4, 1986 during Operation Sail. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty) #
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Small sailing ships and pleasure boats are moored near the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor, Thursday, July 3, 1986. The vessels will leave the area during the Statue of Liberty rededication ceremonies. (AP Photo/Mario Cabrera) #
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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) #
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Danmark, a Danish a 253-foot-long, steel-hulled, full-rigged training ship sails past the Statue of Liberty upon entering New York Harbor 04 July 2000 to take part in Operation Sail 2000. The Danmark is one of 27 tall ships sailing in the event. (HENNY RAY ABRAMS/AFP/Getty Images) #
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Rescue workers attempt to rescue a parachutist who got hung up on the torch of the Statue of Liberty Thursday, Aug. 23, 2001, in New York Harbor as a New York City Police helicopter hovers overhead. (AP Photo/Chad Rachman) #
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This Saturday morning, Sept. 15, 2001 file picture shows the Statue of Liberty from a vantage point in Jersey City, N.J., as the lower Manhattan skyline is shrouded in smoke following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. (AP Photo/Dan Loh) #
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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) #
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Seen from Bayonne, New Jersey, the Statue of Liberty is lit against smoke rising from the wreckage of the World Trade Center in downtown New York early Wednesday morning, Oct. 3, 2001. (AP Photo/LM Otero) #
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The Statue of Liberty stands watch over the harbor, October 15, 2001, in New York City. (Photo By U.S. Customs/Getty Images) #
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Fireworks light the sky over the Statue of Liberty in this Oct. 7, 2002, file photo during a video shoot to promote New York City's bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm) #
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The Statue of Liberty is viewed August 2, 2004 on Liberty Island in New York City. Under tight security, the statue will reopen its doors August 3 to the public for the first time since its closure on September 11, 2001. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) #
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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) #
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This is a view looking up inside the cavity of the interior of the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2004. Lady Liberty's doors officially re-opened to the public after being closed on Sept. 11, 2001. ( AP Photo/ Matthew Brown, Pool) #
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Ferry boats cross paths as the sun sets over New York Harbor silhouetting the Statue of Liberty Friday, Nov. 11, 2005 in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) #
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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) #
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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) #
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The Statue of Liberty is seen behind Governors Island in the New York harbor, Wednesday, March 22, 2006 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) #
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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) #
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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) #
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U.S. Park Police officer Chris Kyriakou walks down the circular staircase from the crown of the Statue of Liberty on May 8, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) #
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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) #
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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) #
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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) #
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The Statue of Liberty is framed in the window of Ellis Island's boarded up hospital contagious disease ward, Friday May 8, 2009. The ward opened in 1909 as part of Ellis Island's main hospital complex in order to keep ill immigrants out of the United States. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) #
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In this photograph released by the White House, Air Force One flies over the Statue of Liberty in New York in this undated file photograph. (AP Photo/The White House, File) #
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The Manhattan skyline is seen from the base of the crown of the The Statue of Liberty on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 on the New York harbor. On July 4 weekend, the crown officially opens to the public since being closed after the Sept. 11 attacks. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) #
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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) #
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The sun sets behind the Statue of Liberty in New York, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Benny Snyder) #
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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) #
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The Statue of Liberty appears through support cables on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Saturday, May 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan) #
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The original torch from the Statue of Liberty sits in a lobby at the entrance to the monument May 8, 2009 on Liberty Island in New York City. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) #
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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) #
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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) #
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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) #
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The Statue of Liberty is seen at dusk on September 9, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) #
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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) #
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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) #
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Tourists sit at the base of the Statue of Liberty following a naturalization ceremony on Liberty Island in New York on October 28, 2011 to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the dedication of the Statue of Liberty. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images) #
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A couple of new citizens hug as they take the ferry to attend a naturalization ceremony on Liberty Island in New York on October 28, 2011 to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the dedication of the Statue of Liberty. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images) #
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The sun rises in front of the Statue of Liberty before the start of a ceremonies on Liberty Island in New York on October 28, 2011 to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the dedication of the Statue of Liberty. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images) #
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Members of the Veteran Corps of Artillery of New York attend a ceremony at the Statue of Liberty to mark her 125th anniversary, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) #
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Sailors stand on the deck as the USS New York passes the Statue of Liberty to kick off Fleet Week in New York, Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Fleet Week ends on Memorial Day with a military flyover honoring American military personnel who lost their lives in service. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) #
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The moon rises near the Statue of Liberty as seen from Liberty State Park, Wednesday, June 15, 2011 in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) #
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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) #
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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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The Empire State Building, left, the Statue of Liberty, center, and One World Trade Center, right, frame the New York skyline, on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) #

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