Exploring the heart of freedom in NYC 🗽🌇 💡The Statue of Liberty, a gift from France to the United States, was dedicated on October 28, 1886, and stands on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. This iconic statue, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel, symbolizes freedom and democracy. It features a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom, holding a torch and a tablet inscribed with the date of the American Declaration of Independence.