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| Statue of Liberty |
The design patent of the Statue of Liberty was issued to Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi on February 18, 1897. Originally, the statue was named
"Liberty enlightening the world". The head of the statue was exhibited at the Paris' World's Fair in 1878. The French government authorized a lottery to raise a fund to support the construction of the statue. The statue was erected in Liberty Island in New York Harbor and was dedicated on October 28, 1886. The dedication ceremony was presided by the then President Grover Cleveland, who was the former New York governor. The statue became an icon of freedom and the United States.
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