Liberty Island outmoded and obsolete, disused and its substantial stone walls were then used as the distinctive base for the Statue of Liberty given by the Third French Republic for the American 1876 centenary celebrations. It had become a part of the base for the Statue of Liberty after the island was first seen by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, the statue's sculptor. The National Park Service (which had been created in 1916) took over operations of the island in two stages: in 1933, and the remainder in 1937. The military installation was completely removed by 1944. The statue, entitled "Liberty Enlightening the World",
Replicas of the Statue of Liberty arm and a sphere in the right arm representing the world. A small replica in lego is situated in Legoland in Billund. A copy is in the German "Heidepark Soltau" theme park, located on a lake with cruising Mississippi steamboats. It weighs 28 metric tons (31 short tons), is made of plastic foam on a steel frame with polyester cladding, and was designed by the Dutch artist Gerla Spee. A green painted replica of the Statue of Liberty can be found near Mulnamina More, County Donegal, Ireland. A replica stands atop the Hotel Victory in Pristina, Kosovo. A 33 ft