Where is the Statue of Liberty from?

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Liberty Enlightening the World, known more commonly as the Statue of Liberty, is a statue given to the United States by France in the late 19th century, standing at Liberty Island in the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor as a welcome to all visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans. Wiki May 15 06, 12:11 PM

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Event at which a gift from France to the US was conceived: Dinner Party Date: 1865 Location: Glatigny, France (near Versailles) Host: Edouard-Rene Lefebvre de Laboulaye (1811-83) Honored Guest: Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (As accounted by Bartholdi in 1885 - ref: Trachtenberg) Date Construction of the Statue began in France: 1875 Title of Statue: "Liberty Enlightening the World" Sculptor: Frederic Auguste Bartholdi Bartholdi's Military Rank: Quartermaster to a force of five thousand soldiers Bartholdi's Commander at Autun during Franco-Prussian War in 1870: Giuseppe Garibaldi (FS1986) Structural Engineer: Gustave Eiffel Method of Fabrication: Repousse Process (as in Eiffel Tower) Statue completed in Paris: June 1884 Statue presented to America by the people of France: July 4, 1884 Statue dismantled and shipped to US: Early 1885 1885 Transport Ship: French frigate "Isere" Number of individual pieces shipped to US: 350 Number of crates required: 214 Architect of the pedestal: Richard Morris Hunt (in 1877) Champion Fundraiser for the Pedestal: Joseph Pulitzer, (as in Pulitzer Prize) Hungarian immigrant, Publisher of the New York World.(newspaper) Treaurer of The American Committee for the Statue of Liberty: Henry A. Spaulding It is in New York Harbor. http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/liberty/libertyfacts.htm http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/liberty/libertyfacts.htm May 15 06, 12:18 PM

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