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Statue of Liberty Centennial Rededication

New York
· Liberty Weekend ‘86
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On this site on July 3rd 1986, President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan pressed a button sending a laser beam across the harbor, relighting and rededicating the newly restored Statue of Liberty in its centennial year, and on July 4, 1986, presided as the senior reviewing officials of the Opsail ’86 Parade of Tall Ships.
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