October 28 in American History
President Grover Cleveland dedicated Lady Liberty in New York Harbor, a gift from the people of France to mark a century of American independence and friendship between the two republics. For the tens of millions of immigrants who would sail past her over the next decades, she was the first thing America showed them.
In 1886: the Statue of Liberty is dedicated. President Grover Cleveland dedicated Lady Liberty in New York Harbor, a gift from the people of France to mark a century of American independence and friendship between the two republics.
President Grover Cleveland dedicated Lady Liberty in New York Harbor, a gift from the people of France to mark a century of American independence and friendship between the two republics. For the tens of millions of immigrants who would sail past her over the next decades, she was the first thing America showed them.
October 28 is the anniversary of Statue of Liberty — Lady Liberty dedicated in New York Harbor. Founded 1886.
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