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Liberty Island
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Liberty Island
Liberty Island
is a federally owned island in
Upper New York Bay
in the United States, best known as the location of the
Statue of Liberty
. The island is an
exclave
of the
New York City
borough
of
Manhattan
, surrounded by the waters of
Jersey City, New Jersey
. Long known as
Bedloe's Island
, it was renamed by an act of
United States Congress
in 1956. In 1937, by proclamation 2250 by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
it became part of the
Statue of Liberty National Monument
and 1966, was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
as part of
Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island
.
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