Tag: Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi

This day in history we feature the Statue of Liberty. The dismantled Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor on this day in 1885. Trivia – Statue of Liberty On June 17, 1885, the dismantled Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of America, arrives in […]

This day in history we feature Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. A patent was awarded for his design for the Statue of Liberty on this day in 1879. Trivia – Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi was a French sculptor and painter. The work for which Bartholdi is most famous is Liberty Enlightening the World, better known […]