When Did the US Get the Statue of Liberty? The Full Story Behind America’s Icon
The Statue of Liberty didn’t arrive in New York Harbor as a finished monument. When the U.S. first received it in 1885, it was a disassembled relic of French ingenuity—packaged in 214 crates, shipped across the Atlantic, and reassembled piece by piece. The question *when did the U.S. get the Statue of Liberty?* isn’t as … Read more
