This Day in History: Statue of Liberty arrives from France
Published: Jun. 17, 2026 at 9:29 AM EDT
(WDBJ) - June 17, 1885:
The Statue of Liberty, disassembled and packed away into 214 crates, arrived in New York from aboard French frigate Isère.
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