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All About The Mother Of Exiles a.k.a ‘The Statue of Liberty’
September 13, 2008 4:36 pm American Voices, History, PoliticsOn Lady Liberty’s tablet is inscribed “July 4, 1776 in Roman numerals, Day of America’s Independence from Britain: July 4, 1776”, and inscribed upon the base for the statue is an excerpt from Emma Lazarus poem “The New Colossu
s” which reads as follows [excerpt]:
The following partial excerpt from the poem that was written to help raise funds for the Statue of Liberty pedestal:
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-lost to me
Emma Lazarus, “The New Colossus,” 1883
Great read to know more about what this great National Symbol represents.
Enlightening the World : known to Americans as ‘The Statue of Liberty’
