when was the statue of liberty torch replaced
Conservation-restoration of the Statue of Liberty The torch was removed from the statue on July 4, 1984. An article in The New York Times from October 8, 1984, stated that the new torch is to be completed in the same manner that the old torch was made in 14 months by ten craftsmen from Les metalliers Champenois based in Reims, and that a workshop at the statue's base on Liberty Island had been made accessible to the public that month.[13]