N'afọ 1933, Onye isi ala Franklin Roosevelt nyere iwu ka e nyefee ihe oyiyi ahụ na National Park Service (NPS). Na 1937, NPS nwetara ikike n'ebe ndị ọzọ nke Bedloe's Island. Site na ọpụpụ ndị agha, gọọmentị NPS malitere ịgbanwe agwaetiti ahụ ka ọ bụrụ ogige. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) bibiri ọtụtụ n'ime ụlọ ochie, weghachite ma weghachite njedebe ọwụwa anyanwụ nke agwaetiti ahụ, ma wuo steepụ granite maka ọnụ ụzọ ọhụụ nke ihe oyiyi ahụ site na azụ ya. WPA rụkwara ọrụ mweghachi n'ime ihe oyiyi ahụ, na-ewepụ ụzarị ọkụ site na ihe oyiyi ahụ ka e wee nwee ike dochie nkwado ha na-agbaze.
ọkụ ya na-enwu enwu "dot-dot-dot-dash", nke bụ́ mkpụrụ okwu Morse maka V, nke pụtara mmeri.