Bartholdi called this location, now known as Liberty Island, the “gateway to America.” Despite her wait for a home, both American and French citizens had seen parts of the Statue of Liberty ...

Sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi liked the idea and began creating "Liberty Enlightening the World" in 1870. Some mock drawings of the statue included an Egyptian woman marking the ...

On August 5, 1884, William A. Brodie laid the cornerstone of the pedestal on which the Statue of Liberty stands.