Behind the gift from france which was unveiled october 28, 1886 after 21 years of planning fundraising and , construction. Chris mullen welcome to the statue of Liberty National monument. I am chris mullen. I am from jacksonville, florida. Folks, i have a great job. I have been working with the National Park Service Since 1989 and i have been all over the United States. I got my start in alaska at the klondike park and a few summers out there. Then i went to jacksonville where i worked in a small park on the banks of the st. Johns river for Caroline National memorial and i went to the outer banks of North Carolina and worked at our nations First National seashore, Cape Hatteras national seashore. And then i moved north to new york city and i have been working here at the statue of liberty and ellis island for seven years now. I have a great job. We want to protect these special places not only for today. We want to leave them unimpaired for future generations. That is our goal. Here we