Here is a more detailed explanation:
- The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States and was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi.
- The statue was constructed in France and then disassembled into 350 individual pieces before being shipped to the United States in 214 wooden crates.
- The pieces of the statue were transported across the Atlantic Ocean on the French Navy vessel Isère.
- The Isère arrived in New York Harbor on June 17, 1885, after a two-week voyage.
- The individual pieces of the statue were then carefully unloaded from the ship and stored in wooden crates at Fort Wood (now Liberty Island) until they could be reassembled.
- The reassembly of the statue began in August 1885 and was completed on October 28, 1886.
- The statue was officially dedicated and unveiled on October 28, 1886, in a grand ceremony attended by President Grover Cleveland and other dignitaries.