Building of the Statue of Liberty

Proposes idea of statue

Nov 18, 1867

Proposes idea of robed woman holding a torch in a hand. Idea unsuccessful

Drawings of Statue of Liberty

Nov 16, 1870

Bartholdi starts creating sketches of the "Liberty" monument

Bartholdi seeks Laboulaye's assistance in trip to United States

Nov 18, 1871

promoting idea for a Franco-American monument on Bedoe's Island on the of New York Harbor. Tours country.

Bartholdi comes back to France

Nov 18, 1872

Franco-American Union approved Bartholdi plaster model of statue

Nov 18, 1875

Funds him with 600,000 thousand francs

Laboulaye asks U.S President Ulysses S Grant for permisson for land

Nov 18, 1875

Asks for permisson for Bedloe Island to be the spot where the monument stands

Bartholdi returns to the US

May 6, 1876

Hand and torch are shipped with him

Construction starts

Nov 18, 1876

Hnad and torch are completed. Sent to US for display in Philadelphia

Ulysses S Grant signs bill

Nov 18, 1877

Bedloe Island to be the designated place where the monument goes

Statue's Shoulder and Head Completed

Nov 20, 1878

Displayed for the first time in the Paris Universal Exposition

Ambassador Morton Drills in First Rivet

Oct 24, 1881

Statue of Liberty's copper plate is completed

Nov 20, 1881

Laboulaye Dies

Nov 20, 1882

Ferdinand de Lesseps chairs the Union

Statue is completed

Nov 18, 1884

Formally handed over to the US

First stone is laid on Bedloe Island pedistol

Nov 18, 1884

Statue Crated For Shipment to the US

Nov 20, 1884

Statue Almost Sinks in the Ocean When Shipped to the US

Jun 17, 1885

Atlantic Ocean

Words are added to base of the Statue of liberty

Nov 18, 1903

Words from Emma Lazarus’ poem "The New
Colossus"