The Statue of Liberty (officially Liberty Enlightening the World, or La liberté éclairant le monde in French) was a gift from France to the United States to commemorate the centennial of the American Declaration of Independence. Arriving at the entrance of New York harbor on June 19, 1884, the Statue of Liberty has proudly stood there ever since. In 1903 an inscription was added on the inside which contains the poem The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus. The widely quoted poem reads, in part: It was designated as a national monument in 1924.