NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) --The Statue of Liberty finally reopened on the Fourth of July months after Superstorm Sandy swamped its little island in New York Harbor.. A large crowd gathered for the ...

NEW YORK — Erica Breder, a first-generation American, stood mesmerized inside the Statue of Liberty’s crown. Out one window, the statue’s massive arm and golden torch rose above her ...

July 4, 2013: Visitors to the Statue of Liberty disembark onto Liberty Island from the first ferry to leave Manhattan in New York. The Statue of Liberty finally reopened on the Fourth of July ...

July 3, 2009 — -- For the first time since it was closed following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the observation deck in the crown of New York City's famed Statue of Liberty will ...

July 4th protest closes Statue of Liberty; holiday heat fuels Western wildfires. About 98 million people were under heat advisories or warnings on a sticky Independence Day. ... In New York, home ...

New York Statue of Liberty's 'little sister' arrives in United States from France in time for Fourth of July French Embassy said the statue's arrival celebrates 'the most central value of the ...

NEW YORK (CBS4/AP) — Months after Superstorm Sandy, the Statue of Liberty has reopened just in time for the Fourth of July. The storm that hit the Caribbean, skirted by Florida and the mid ...

The Statue of Liberty, shuttered for eight months by Hurricane Sandy damage, enjoyed a Fourth of July reopening to celebrate the nation’s 237th birthday. Thousands of visitors from across the… ...

In this June 26, 2013 photo provided by the National Park Service, workers on Liberty Island install sod around the national monument which is set to re-open on the 4th of July, in New York ...

The pursuit of happiness once more includes ascension to the crown of America's most enduring, most inspiring symbol of freedom. Rejoice, for on the nation's 233rd birthday, the Statue of Liberty ...

NEW YORK — A woman was charged on Thursday with misdemeanor trespassing and disorderly conduct for climbing the base of the Statue of Liberty on a busy Fourth of July in what prosecutors called ...