<P> On June 17 , 1885 , the French steamer Isère , arrived in New York with the crates holding the disassembled statue on board . New Yorkers displayed their new - found enthusiasm for the statue . Two hundred thousand people lined the docks and hundreds of boats put to sea to welcome the ship . 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 . </P>
<P> On June 17 , 1885 , the French steamer Isère , arrived in New York with the crates holding the disassembled statue on board . New Yorkers displayed their new - found enthusiasm for the statue . Two hundred thousand people lined the docks and hundreds of boats put to sea to welcome the ship . 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 . </P>
when did france give usa the statue of liberty
when did france give usa the statue of liberty
June 17 , 1885
June 17 , 1885