6 August 26

My New York City tie is here to celebrate the Statue of Liberty. The cornerstone for its installation on Bedloe's Island was laid on 5 August 1884. The island became known as Liberty Island through an act of Congress in 1956.

8 August 25

My New York City tie is here to celebrate the Statue of Liberty. The cornerstone for its installation on Bedloe's Island was laid on 5 August 1884. The island became known as Liberty Island through an act of Congress in 1956.

5 August 22

On this date in 1884, the cornerstone for the base of the Statue of Liberty was placed, on Bedloe's Island.

5 August 21

On this date in 1884, the cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty was laid on what was called Bedloe's Island. The location was renamed Liberty Island by an act of Congress in 1956. For my birthday (yesterday), Beth gave me a very amusing gummi bear tie tack (in orange!), and I could not resist giving him a spot on Fifth Avenue today. (I certainly could not wait to show him until Gummi Bear Day next July!)

5 August 20

On August 5, 1884, the cornerstone was laid into the Statue of Liberty, Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor.

5 August 19

On this date in 1884, the cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty was laid on Bedloe's Island.

12 June 18

On this date in 1665, England created a municipal government called New York in what had been New Amsterdam (under Dutch colonial rule).

2 August 17

Those born on 2 August include French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904), who designed the Statue of Liberty, and Irish physicist John Tyndall (1820-1893), who demonstrated why the sky is blue and proved that the Earth's atmosphere has a greenhouse effect. So, I'm wearing my New York City tie featuring the Statue of Liberty, on a pastel blue shirt. (To be truthful, the blueness of the open sky results from "Rayleigh scattering" rather than the Tyndall effect, but we will leave it to physicists to sort out those differences.)

12 September 16

Little (or nothing) is known about the actual birthdate for the explorer Henry Hudson, but some calendars have decided to show 12 September for the day, and anywhere from 1560-1575 for the year. His travels in the New World focused on trying to find a "Northwest Passage" to the Pacific Ocean. He mapped many waterways in New England and Canada. In 1611, after the crew of his ship The Discovery mutinied, Hudson and eight others were set adrift in a small open boat on Hudson Bay, and they were never seen again. On my tie, the map of New York City shows the east bank of the Hudson River at the far bottom left, with the numbered docks extending along the bank around to the back of the tie.

28 October 15

The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on this date in 1886. The tablet in her hand is inscribed with the date July IV MDCCLXXVI. Inside the statue, near the base, is a bronze plaque (installed in 1903) displaying the poem "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus. The most famous lines are these:
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

5 August 14

130 years ago today, the cornerstone was laid into the Statue of Liberty.

28 October 13

The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on this date in 1886.

12 June 13

On this date in 1665, England created a municipal government called New York in what had been New Amsterdam.

28 October 12

The Statue of Liberty is open again, with new access to the crown! Today marks the 126th anniversary of the dedication of the statue, a gift from France to the United States. Its interior stairs were closed for the last year for reconstruction. The Wall Street Journal reports that "About 3.5 million people visit the statue every year. A Parks Service official said the renovations will allow an additional 26,000 people to visit inside the monument annually."

6 August 12

On August 5, 1884, the cornerstone was laid into the Statue of Liberty, Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor.

27 October 11

On this date in history: In 1904, subway services began in New York City! Also, in 1886--125 years ago tomorrow (Oct. 28)--the Statue of Liberty was dedicated.

17 April 11

Two important events in the history of New York City:

• April 17, 1524: Giovanni da Verrazano reached (that is, "discovered") what is now New York City's harbor. The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, opened in 1964, connects Brooklyn to Staten Island.
  
• April 17, 1907: More immigrants were processed through Ellis Island than on any other day in its colorful history -- 11,747 people. Immigrant Heritage Week is celebrated April 11-17.

5 August 10

Today we're celebrating 126 years since the laying of the cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty, on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor.

05 August 09

On this date in 1884: The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty was laid on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor.

28 October 08

On this date in 1886, the Statue of Liberty was dedicated. She appears on my New York street map tie.