On this day, October 28, 1886, U.S. President Grover Cleveland dedicated the statue originally called “Liberty Enlightening the World." The Statue of Liberty.
It was a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, and stands on Liberty Island in New York Harbor.
According to The National Park Service, the statue was proposed by Édouard de Laboulaye.
He was an important political thinker, an expert on the U.S. Constitution and he supported President Abraham Lincoln during the U.S. Civil War.
It was de Laboulaye's assertion that honoring the United States would strengthen the push for democracy in France.
He teamed up with his friend, French sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi who designed it. It stands 151 feet high.
And was declared a national monument in 1924.
You can see webcam views from different angles on the statue by clicking on the National Park Service link above.
