I whakaaro a Bartholdi kia mau a Liberty ki te mekameka pakaru, engari i whakatau ko tenei ka tino wehewehe i nga ra i muri o te Pakanga a-Rohe. Ko te whakapakoko i whakaarahia e hikoi ana i runga i te mekameka pakaru, he haurua e huna ana e ona kakahu, he uaua ki te kite mai i te whenua. I te tuatahi kaore a Bartholdi i te tino mohio ki te mea hei whakanoho i te ringa maui o Liberty; i noho ia i runga i te tabula ansata, i whakamahia hei whakaoho i te kaupapa o te ture. Ahakoa i tino miharo a Bartholdi ki te Ture o te United States, i kowhiria e ia te tuhi "JULY IV MDCCLXXVI" i runga i te papa, na reira ka hono te ra o te Whakapuakanga o te Motuhake o te whenua ki te kaupapa o te herekore. Patai: he aha nga whakarereketanga i whakaarohia e Bartholdi i roto i te hoahoa?
He mekameka pakaru kei te pupuri a Liberty