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 The Question:
What was the name of the vessel that brought the Statue of
Liberty to America?
The Answer:
French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi and the people of
France officially presented the completed Statue of Liberty to the United
States minister to France in Paris on July 4, 1884.
It was then disassembled in Paris and packed in 214 wooden
crates for shipment to the United States. The French ship
Isere carried the statue across the Atlantic and
landed in the United States on June 17, 1885. Assembly began shortly
after construction of its pedestal was completed.
On Oct. 28, 1886, the statue was triumphantly dedicated in Upper
New York Bay in a celebration overseen by President Grover
Cleveland.
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