NEW YORK, July 4 (UPI) -- The Statue of Liberty in New York was open for a Fourth of July celebration Thursday, its first public event since it was damaged during Hurricane Sandy.
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis and other dignitaries attended a reopening event early Thursday, the Department of the Interior said in a news release.