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Events on Wednesday 17 June 1885 1
1885Statue of Liberty arrives in New York HarborThe disassembled monument reaches the United States from FranceThe French steamer Isère delivered the Statue of Liberty, packed in over two hundred crates, to New York Harbor on 17 June 1885. The gift from France required a further year of fundraising and construction before the completed statue was dedicated on its pedestal on Bedloe's Island. It would go on to become one of the most recognized monuments in the world.