The Republican journal., 1886-11-04
Liberty Enlightening the World.

Liberty hnllgntenlng Tie world.
x The colossal statue of I.iber-
II ty, erected on Bedloe's Island.
H., New York Iiarbor, was unve-
l ed on Thursday last. The fol
EM lowing was the order of eNcr-
Elh,. ciScs |, music during the land
AyIEY ing and seating of the assem-
NER bly,; >, signal gun; 3, PRAYER by
WIN Rev. Richard :. Storrs, ID. ID. );
ENN1 4, Count Ferdinand de Lesseps
@XSN on behalf of Franco 0-American
ErMtl Union: ), presentation address.
SeAtrEaie-A Hon. VIM. NJ. Evarts; g. I'M
Eg-5l1A yelling; !, salute, Il salVo from
lsi3 all the guns in the harbor; :,
fFTfEt4fEFS music; .. acceptance of the
'gEeaHafns3 a3 statue by the President; 10,
i. E4@EMsI-4s representative on behalf of the
3 r1zrrsss4SFhrd1 republic of France the minister
S777saAsal S777}ssaa-f5 Asa44l penipotentiary and envoy en-
e~-sl-Hsez5 = traordinary, A. Lafaiyre; II,
music; II, commemorative address, Hon.
Chauncy NJ. Depew; 13, music; DoNoogy
tune 'Old Hundreds n, benediction, Right
Rev. Henry G. Potter. ID. d.; 10, National Sa-
lutte, to be fired simultaneously from all the bat
teries i'll the harbor, ashore and ailoat l6. ill-
mination Of the statue, with fireworks ON Bed
Ioe's and Governors Islands and the Battery
The music was by Gilmores Twcnty-second
Regiment Band.
HISTORY OF THE LIBERTY STATUE.
The project of building Il memorial of the
struggle for Liberty in both France and Amer
lea originated in the mind of Mr.. Laboulaye,
the founder of the French American Union
mi II ~ ~ ~ y ~; 'I - nv 'ii. 1ii'''i"i'' y.
inc, yonn', I, ''
tr4 70 v unnn So,o itoo .,+ w. 'i,'
the idea might be embodied. The sculptor
thought over some plans for the proposed mon
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mn tjo' ti " nv mn I''ii"9
thc moment Of ins'iirotinn r,n,o ,nd thn .,',i;'
for saw in f.n, t ".,Ei H''it, ,' ti'I
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tar,Icd fine construction of thn .tat,,n l,rt ,+
last in 1881 the enormous tvurr was ronnlrtrI
If WAS ON rybLitinn at tLn por. E>mnp5itiom
~ ~ W. M"S o'i tAHln,tio' at lne iarlS ENPoSltloh;
a, H. .'"sI " Mnl'n ~ Wa pl'eeV on noaTt on
~. ,,'+i, ' lstie am'' oro'9Ii TO
Island Ii.rn tbnnliy to t[o in,If,ti,niJ
efforts of certain patriotic individuals. par
tlcuIarly the New York World, Il suitable
pedestal had been erected. Soon after the