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",
Statue of the Viscount Slim, London for the statue is in the collection of the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds. The inscriptions on the Portland stone pedestal were carved by David Kindersley. They read as follows: A further inscription wrapping around step below the pedestal gives the names of places connected with the Burma Campaign: At the back of the statue's self-base are inscribed the name of the sculptor, , and the foundry: . Statue of the Viscount Slim, London The statue of William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim in Whitehall, London, is a work of 1988–93 by the sculptor Ivor Roberts-Jones. It is one of three