Statue of Liberty Centennial: opening ceremony

July 3, 1986 - This segment begins with President Ronald Reagan saying "...now we will unveil that gallant lady. Thank you, and God bless you all." At that time, the statue was illuminated. A Celebration of Liberty, hosted by CBS news anchor Dan Rather, honored 100 years of this symbol of liberty after an intense two year restoration.

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• Nancy Reagan
• Lady Liberty
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• Liberty Island
• New York harbor
• National Monument

[cartagenafaytong]

Tears come out of my face

[gilliamjf]

It turned green again.

[RJY4356]

This soundtrack is dubbed in. That is not the actual music that was played at the unveiling.

[Trevin444]

Dat is so epic win. Ya obama is retarded as hell

[pytko3]

@VIDEOTIMEMACHINE Before Republicans began outsourcing them.

[ultraback29]

I'm typing this on the 25th anniversary of this celebration.

It was the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty. To mark this milestone, commemorative coins were sold and I was one of the purchasers.

[towringer]

I was a quarter-mile away with my family & at least a hundred thousand others in the swamps of Liberty State Park. Military fighter jets did a flyby about  2 hours earlier as the sun went down. We beheld the greatest fireworks show ever that night.

[VIDEOTIMEMACHINE]

Back when America was great and we had jobs

[MrPeperonio]

@CoSpr443 god bless you

[kyle3211234]

lol