--- description: That's a whole lotta roses. title: New York Drops 1 Million Rose Petals on Statue of Liberty For D-Day image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcac5265f6374ae9d/69869697d0b6f23982304c14/d-day-statue-of-liberty-new-york.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # New York Drops 1 Million Rose Petals on Statue of Liberty For D-Day by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 6, 2014 6:18 PM CUT  One of three helicopters showered 1 million rose petals on the Statue of Liberty during a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, on Liberty Island in New York City, June 6, 2014. One of three helicopters showered 1 million rose petals on the Statue of Liberty during a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, on Liberty Island in New York City, June 6, 2014.Richard Drew—AP by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 6, 2014 6:18 PM CUT ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2838866/statue-of-liberty-rose-petals-d-day/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2838866/statue-of-liberty-rose-petals-d-day/"},"headline":"New York Drops 1 Million Rose Petals on Statue of Liberty For D-Day","datePublished":"2014-06-06T18:18:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:29.072Z","description":"The roses were a thank-you from France, like Lady Liberty herself.","url":"https://time.com/2838866/statue-of-liberty-rose-petals-d-day/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Veterans","New York","anniversary","D Day","statue of liberty"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcac5265f6374ae9d/69869697d0b6f23982304c14/d-day-statue-of-liberty-new-york.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcac5265f6374ae9d/69869697d0b6f23982304c14/d-day-statue-of-liberty-new-york.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Statue of Liberty D-Day","caption":"Statue of Liberty D-Day","creditText":"Richard Drew—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2838866/statue-of-liberty-rose-petals-d-day/","name":"New York Drops 1 Million Rose Petals on Statue of Liberty For D-Day"}}]}] ```