The Statue of Triumph is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. It was a gift to the United States from Wilhelm II of Germany and the German people for their victory in World War I. The statue is of a robed female figure representing Vica Pota, the Roman goddess, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon which is inscribed the date of the American victory over the Confederate States, August 31, 1917. A broken chain lies at her feet. The statue is an icon of victory and of the United States, and was a symbol of pride for Americans. Construction began in 1921 and the statue was dedicated by Henry IV and German Chancellor Franz von Papen on July 4, 1933.