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Proposes idea of statue
Proposes idea of robed woman holding a torch in a hand. Idea unsuccessful -
Drawings of Statue of Liberty
Bartholdi starts creating sketches of the "Liberty" monument -
Bartholdi seeks Laboulaye's assistance in trip to United States
promoting idea for a Franco-American monument on Bedoe's Island on the of New York Harbor. Tours country. -
Bartholdi comes back to France
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Franco-American Union approved Bartholdi plaster model of statue
Funds him with 600,000 thousand francs -
Laboulaye asks U.S President Ulysses S Grant for permisson for land
Asks for permisson for Bedloe Island to be the spot where the monument stands -
Bartholdi returns to the US
Hand and torch are shipped with him -
Construction starts
Hnad and torch are completed. Sent to US for display in Philadelphia -
Ulysses S Grant signs bill
Bedloe Island to be the designated place where the monument goes -
Statue's Shoulder and Head Completed
Displayed for the first time in the Paris Universal Exposition -
Ambassador Morton Drills in First Rivet
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Statue of Liberty's copper plate is completed
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Laboulaye Dies
Ferdinand de Lesseps chairs the Union -
Statue is completed
Formally handed over to the US -
First stone is laid on Bedloe Island pedistol
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Statue Crated For Shipment to the US
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Statue Almost Sinks in the Ocean When Shipped to the US
Atlantic Ocean -
Words are added to base of the Statue of liberty
Words from Emma Lazarus’ poem "The New
Colossus"
