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Even a monument to liberty needs a foundation, and it certainly found one in America.

It all happened on this day, October 28, 1886, when President Grover Cleveland dedicated that gift, the Statue of Liberty, in New York Harbor.

On to the news now.

We start in Israel, where a record turnout in that country's election has produced...

Happy birthday, Harvard.

Today in 1886, President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.

He was like, check out this chick.

She's French.

Even a monument to liberty needs a foundation, and it certainly found one in America.

It all happened on this day, October 28, 1886, when President Grover Cleveland dedicated that gift, the Statue of Liberty, in New York Harbor.

On to the news now.

We start in Israel, where a record turnout in that country's election has produced...

Roland Hussey Macy opened the first New York store that he had, Macy's, at 6th Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan.

This day in 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.

1919, Congress enacted the Volstead Act, which provided for enforcement of prohibition over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.

1922, fascism came to Italy as Benito Mussolini took control of the government.

But it also became, check this out, Peter, this is all the research I showed, that for immigrants, it's a beacon of hope.

Sure, because that's how many times a statue they saw when they were first coming to New York Harbor, right? So as you went to Ellis Island or any other port of entry, you would have seen that.

And so, of course, it would have been something they would have welcomed.

And it's a massive statue if you've ever been there, so it's very easy to see and to hold on to.

You read your notes.

And this same history in 1886, President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.

And 82 years later, the Planet of the Apes showed her half buried in a beach.

So Hollywood, again, tried to warn us.

The last good thing they gave us.

Dedicated New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.

Bob Cadar back with you on the program as we near Election Day.

Tentatively scheduled for tomorrow at 9.15, we've got Scott Besson, the star of the cabinet, one of the great stars of the Trump cabinet, Treasury Secretary.

In 1858, Roland Hussey Macy opened his first New York store at 6th Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan.

In 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.

In 1919, Congress passed the Volstead Act, which provided the means for enforcement of a Prohibition-era ban on alcohol over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.

In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt rededicated the Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary.

1636, the General Court of Massachusetts votes to establish what became Harvard University.

1886, President Cleveland officially dedicated the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.

1922, Benito Mussolini leads the March on Rome.

Establish fascism in that country.