Centennial celebration

In early summer of 1986, the Statue of Liberty was reopened after it was restored to it's former glory. It was also it's centennial. Naturally in New York, everything is done large [excuse the grammatical error]. This was the great boat parade before the actual lighting up of the light by President Regan. We [myself, my wife and the children] first went on the Brooklyn Bridge from where these images were made and then we got on the Staten Island Ferry to see the late night celebrations. All in all it was a memorable experience.