Liberty Island facts for kids

Liberty Island is a small uninhabited island in the New York Harbor in the United States. It is best known as the location of the Statue of Liberty. In 1937, by proclamation 2250, President Franklin D. Roosevelt expanded the Statue of Liberty National Monument to include all of Bedloe's Island. In 1956, an act of Congress officially renamed Bedloe's Island, 'Liberty Island'.

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The geography along the New Jersey banks of Upper New York Bay before landfilling. Liberty (Bedloe's) Island's location near New Jersey led to the state's attempts to assert jurisdiction.
Liberty Island, with Ellis Island, downtown Jersey City (left), and Manhattan (right) in background
National Park Service building on Liberty Island
Coin-operated binoculars on Liberty Island. The island offers panoramic views of New York Harbor.
Fort Wood's star-shaped walls became the base of the Statue of Liberty.
September 26, 1972: President Richard Nixon visits the statue to open the American Museum of Immigration. The statue's raised right foot is visible, showing that it is depicted moving forward.