The Statue of Liberty is one of the most if not the most famous monuments in the world anyone visiting New York City can see er but not everyone knows that Lady Liberty has her own secrets one of them is she might not even be a lady at all counting down from

Number 9 : The Statue of Liberty Was Once Split Into Pieces

It’s really hard to picture it but the Statue actually arrived from France on June 17th 1885 in over 300 copper pieces the precious cargo was traveling in 214 crates on the friendship is there the iconic arm holding the torch wasn’t there however it was standing in Madison Square Park for six years to help raise money to sponsor the pedestal when the ship carrying the statue arrived 200,000 people came to welcome it to the US the official dedication ceremony took place on October 28 1886 with President Grover Cleveland presiding over it.