After being blocked, some Pro-Palestinian protesters made their way to 67th Street. Some people climbed and vandalized the statue and one person was even seen burning an American flag.

Here's what the agency found, and what to know about the Statue of Liberty, which arrived in the United States 140 years ago, on June 17, 1885. How was the idea for the Statue of Liberty born?

The series was designed using photographs taken by Carl Purcell, a travel journalist and member of the Society of American Travel Writers, during a visit to Liberty Island in the early 1990s.