In 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in the United States in 350 individual pieces packed in over 200 boxes. Gifted by France to celebrate the centennial of American independence, the statue was designed by sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and engineered by Gustave Eiffel. It was reassembled on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, symbolizing freedom and democracy. The statue was officially dedicated on October 28, 1886.
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