Our Lady in waiting. July Fourth is coming. The Statue of Liberty. 1865, French lawyer Édouard René Lefebvre de Laboulaye’s idea. It was to commemorate the bond twixt France and America.

Before Liberty the Tattooed Lady closes to the public for good, City Reliquary will be hosting a Statue of Liberty costume contest as part of a secular New York City “All Saints Day ...

President Grover Cleveland, in October 1886, put the Statue of Liberty under the control of the U.S. Lighthouse Board to act as a guiding light for ships in New York's harbor.