323: "The Statue of Liberty"

Interesting things with JC #323: "The Statue of Liberty" - On July 4, 1884, a ceremony in Paris saw the Statue of Liberty given to Levi Morton, the American ambassador to France who would later become vice president. The finished statue, which stood 151 feet 1 inch (46 meters) tall and weighed 225 tons, was delivered to New York City in pieces in 1885. On October 28, 1886, President Grover Cleveland dedicated the statue, fully assembled on Bedloe's Island in New York harbor.


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