NEW YORK -- A symbol of freedom is marking a milestone. It was 130 years ago Wednesday, on June 17, 1885, that the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor. The statue's arrival was originally ...

The millions of tourists who annually visit the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island all go by boats run by Statue City Cruises, the only licensed operator by the National Park Service, and for years ...

The Statue of Liberty was originally designed as a marker of liberation of African Americans and the end of the Civil War. That part of its history was overshadowed by a late design change to instead ...

PARIS — Hey, America: Give the Statue of Liberty back to France. So says a French politician who is making headlines in his country for suggesting that the U.S. is no longer worthy of the monument ...

I remember nearly 10 years ago the horrific incident involving a 35-year-old father from Arkansas looking to experience the Statue of Liberty with his wife and kids. He was sucker punched by an ...

The city's first public statue was installed in 1950 by the Boy Scouts of America in a "Strengthening the Arm of Liberty" ...

At the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., stands a 46-inch-tall model of an American icon – the Statue of Liberty – whose origin story may surprise you. "When this idea began, it was ...

Ross Calvin, founder of Parhelion, proposes a 450-foot Prometheus statue on Alcatraz Island, aiming to symbolize innovation ...

“The idea came from a historical race called Albany to NY Marathon that started in the late 1920’s,” says Tim Sharkey, referring to a generations-old boat race down the Hudson River from the New York ...