Where did the Statue of Liberty come from and when?
The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the people of the United States by the people of France. Building of the Statue of Liberty started in 1875, and was finally complete in 1884 when it was dismantled and shipped to Bedloe’s Island, New York, where it arrived in 1885 inside 214 wooden packing crates. The Statue was finally unveiled on October 28, 1886.