America, in return, was responsible for the statue's base and pedestal, to be constructed within the existing walls of Fort Wood, an Army post on what was then known as Bedloe's Island.

美国作为回报要在伍德堡--当时是贝德罗岛的一个哨所--存有的墙里面负责修建雕塑的地基和基座。

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In 1884, the cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty was laid on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor.

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