Lady Liberty Is Dedicated (Oct. 28, 1886)

The Daily Muster · Oct 28, 2026 · 10m

She was a gift from France, but Americans paid for her base with pennies.

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CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

1:05 Two Kinds of Liberty

2:52 Copper Skin, Iron Bones

4:15 Nowhere to Stand

5:26 A Penny and a Name

6:44 Fog Over the Harbor

7:44 The Cue

SOURCES

- National Park Service, Creating the Statue of Liberty: https://www.nps.gov/stli/learn/historyculture/places_creating_statue.htm

- National Park Service, Liberty Island Chronology: https://www.nps.gov/stli/learn/historyculture/liberty-island-a-chronology.htm

- National Park Service, Joseph…