Statue of Liberty. This gift of the French people to commemorate the centennial of the Declaration of Independence of the United States was inaugurated on October 28, 1886, was built based on 31 tons of copper and has a height of 46 meters from the torch to the base. Built in France with thousands of individual donations and sent divided into 350 parts packed in 214 crates. Access to Liberty Island where the statue was banned after 11-S to 2004 and access to the crown until 2009. The flag of New York City, dates back to 1915. It consists of three bands of equal size, arranged in vertical position, whose colors are blue, white and orange. In the center, on the white stripe, is located the city seal, colored entirely blue.