Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, United States
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Liberty Island, home to Statue of Liberty, was known as Bedloe’s Island until 1956.
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Liberty Island lies off the southern tip of Manhattan Island, New York, U.S., and is a mere 12 acres or so. The statue is by French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi’s and it’s full name is “Liberty Enlightening the World”. Although the monument is within New Jersey waters, Liberty Island and a portion of Ellis Island are within the territorial jurisdiction of New York state.
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Known to the Delaware Indians as Minnissais (“Lesser Island”) and to early colonists as Great Oyster, the island was renamed for Isaac Bedloe (or Isaack Bedloo), a merchant who bought it in the 1660s. The city of New York acquired the island in 1758, and it was ceded to the state.
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