The French man-of-war Isere, bringing the famous gift of the French people to America, Bartholdis Statue of Liberty, came to anchor in the Horseshoe, off Sandy Hook, early on the morning of the 17th.

The Statue of Liberty has towered over New York Harbor since 1886 given to the US as a gift from the French to celebrate the end of slavery in the US and inspire the restoration of Liberty at home.

At the feet of the Statue of Liberty, an inscription reads: ‘Give me your tired, your poor. Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.’ Earlier this week, a lawmaker suggested it’s time the US ...