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On Tues. 06 Jun 1944 The Statue of Liberty in New York, New York, Unite.....

1944-06-06

The story

The Statue of Liberty in New York, New York, United States, usually blacked out due to war, flashed dot-dot-dot-dash, Morse code for "V", in celebration of the successful landings in Normandie, France.

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