Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1885 — A ROYAL WELCOME, [ARTICLE]

A ROYAL WELCOME,

Bartholdi’s Statue of the Goddess of Liberty Received in True American Style. History and Description of the Statue, with a Sketch of Bartholdi. The formal reception of Bartholdi’s gre a statue of “Liberty Enlightening the World* - took place at New York, June 19, with impressive ceremonies. The city was decorated and the harbor was gay with bunting. The statue, on board the French steamer Isere, was escorted up the bay by several French and American men-of-war and more than one hundred steamers and yachts, the shores of New Jersey and Long Island echoing with the crash of guns, the shriek of whistles, and the shouts of thousands of spectators. The civic authorities welcomed the distinguished guests • who brought the noble gift from France and dined them at the City Hall.