Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island
| Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island, and Liberty Island | |
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Jersey City and New York City |
| Coordinates | 40°41′39″N 74°2′35″W / 40.69417°N 74.04306°WCoordinates: 40°41′39″N 74°2′35″W / 40.69417°N 74.04306°W |
| Governing body | U.S. National Park Service |
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Statue of Liberty Ellis Island |
| Designated | October 15, 1924 Statue of Liberty |
| Designated | May 11, 1965 Ellis Island |
| Official name: Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island | |
| Designated | October 15, 1966 |
| Reference no. | 66000058 |
| Designated | May 27, 1971 |
| Reference no. | 1535 |
 Location in Port of New York and New Jersey
Location in Port of New York and New Jersey
Location in Port of New York and New Jersey
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The Statue of Liberty National Monument is a United States national monument located in the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York comprising Liberty Island and Ellis Island. It includes Liberty Enlightening the World, commonly known as the Statue of Liberty, situated on Liberty Island, and the former immigration station at Ellis Island which opened in 1892 and closed in 1954. The monument is managed by the National Park Service as part of the National Parks of New York Harbor office.
President Calvin Coolidge used his authority under the Antiquities Act to declare the statue a national monument in 1924. In 1937, by proclamation 2250, President Franklin D. Roosevelt expanded the monument to include all of Bedloe's Island, and in 1956, an act of Congress officially renamed it Liberty Island. Ellis Island was made part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument by proclamation of President Lyndon Johnson in 1965. The United States historic district, a single listing on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, was designated in 1966.
The islands were closed during Hurricane Sandy in October 2012 and suffered severe damage. Liberty Island reopened July 4, 2013. Extensive repairs on Ellis Island are still being made.
The Statue of Liberty is a world-famous symbol of freedom, given in the 1880s by France to the United States in celebration of friendship. Nearby Ellis Island was the first stop for millions of immigrants to the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The national monument recalls this period of massive immigration to the United States.
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