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By Martin Kelly, About.com Guide to American History since 2001

Arrival of the Statue of Liberty

Saturday June 19, 2004
On June 19, 1885, the United States received the Statue of Liberty from the people of France as a gift of friendship. Designed by French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, the 151-foot statue was reassembled in its new home in New York City on October 28, 1886.

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