One hundred and two years after President Grover Cleveland unveiled the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, our own Ms. Liberty will be unveiled Saturday, September 6, at 1:30 pm, recast and on its new pedestal.

Two days earlier, she was lifted from her crude confinement in a pickup truck bed, hoisted into the sky, and set down, with dignity, onto four bolts that fastened her to the new pedestal. Seattle Parks and Recreation project manager Patrick Donohue, along with colleagues Rod Hammerbeck and Mark Bentley did the heavy lifting. Plaza Project co-chairs Paul and Libby Carr proudly watched. They will be front row center for Saturday's unveiling.