After being dismantled and stored near a hangar at John F. Kennedy International Airport, the sculpture was moved to Battery Park in 200212. The move was necessitated by the construction work to restore Battery Park’s lawn1. The sculpture was rededicated at its permanent location in Liberty Park on August 16, 2017 make this like a 6th grader wrote it

So there was this big sculpture that they had to take apart and keep by a hangar at JFK Airport, right? Well, they had to move it to Battery Park in 2002 because they were fixing up the grass there. Later on, on August 16, 2017, they gave the sculpture a forever home in Liberty Park with a special ceremony.