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1885
Statue of Liberty
Den 17. juni 1885 nåede det franske dampskib Isère, lastet med Frihedsgudinden, sikkert frem til New Yorks havn. New York-borgerne viste deres nyfundne begejstring for statuen, da det franske skib ankom med kasser med den adskilte statue om bord. To hundrede tusinde mennesker stod langs havnen, og hundredvis af både stak i vandet for at byde Isère velkommen.  Efter fem måneder med daglige opfordringer til at donere til statuefonden meddelte The World den 11. august 1885, at der var indsamlet 102.000 dollars fra 120.000 donorer, og at 80 procent af beløbet var modtaget i beløb på under en dollar.
1885
On June 17, 1885, the French steamer Isère, laden with the Statue of Liberty, reached the New York port safely. New Yorkers displayed their new-found enthusiasm for the statue, as the French vessel arrived with the crates holding the disassembled statue on board. Two hundred thousand people lined the docks and hundreds of boats put to sea to welcome the Isère.  After five months of daily calls to donate to the statue fund, on August 11, 1885, the World announced that $102,000 had been raised from 120,000 donors, and that 80 percent of the total had been received in sums of less than one dollar.
Statue of Liberty