Video: 'How They Built the Statue of Liberty.mov' (Oct. 28, 1886, at 16:37)

(Thursday, October 28, 1886, around 4:37 p.m. EST) — The Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated today in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.

Video: 'The History of The Statue of Liberty'

On the morning of the dedication, a parade was held in Manhattan. As the parade passed the New York Stock Exchange, traders threw ticker tape from the windows, beginning the New York tradition of the ticker-tape parade.