Statue Of Libery By schlake8 May 9, 1865 Fredrick Barthodi gets idea to build the Statue of Liberty from Edward De` Lablay Mar 7, 1876 The arm of the Statue of Liberty was sent to Philidelphia to celebrate America's 100th birthday Mar 7, 1876 The head was in Paris celebrating the world fair Mar 7, 1884 Liberty was completed Oct 14, 1885 The statue was sent to America Mar 12, 1886 Liberty was deliverd and was built again Jun 16, 1924 Liberty was declared a national monument Mar 12, 1986 30 million dollar restoration Sep 12, 2001 Liberty was closed after 9/11/01 Jun 15, 2011 Liberty had another million dollar restoration