Here's what the agency found, and what to know about the Statue of Liberty, which arrived in the United States 140 years ago, on June 17, 1885. How was the idea for the Statue of Liberty born?

When Liberty Enlightening the World arrived in New York Harbor on June 17, 1885, the statue didn’t yet have a pedestal on which to stand. It wasn’t until more than a year later, when the ...

11. Lazarus’ hometown, New York City, has a public high school named after her. Fittingly, the Emma Lazarus High School on ...

The cornerstone of the Statue of Liberty's pedestal, with a time capsule, was placed on Liberty Island in 1884 without enough funding to complete the project. ... In a copper box officials placed: ...

Statue of Liberty symbolizes Enlightenment, liberal ideas. It was sculpted by a Freemason and received by a Freemason, and it was dedicated by the grand master of the New York Masons — and I'm ...