Statue Of Liberty Quotes By Immigrants

But it had been built too late for those early africans who weren t immigrants in any case and it had been closed too soon to mean anything to the later africans like kenneth or the cabdriver or me.

Statue of liberty quotes by immigrants. As a symbol of liberty spreading outward from america. A portrait of emma lazarus. It s about bring me your tired your poor your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. The opening of the immigrant processing station at ellis island in 1892 in the shadow of the statue of liberty facilitated an immigrant association as did the later popularity of emma lazarus s poem the new colossus in 1883 lazarus donated her poem the new colossus to an auction raising funds for the construction.

When the statue of liberty was dedicated on october 28 1886 the ceremonial speeches had nothing to do with immigrants arriving in america. When you look at what s written under the statue of liberty it s the immigrant story. National park service statue of liberty nm. From where i stood the statue of liberty was a flourescent green fleck against the sky and beyond her sat ellis island the focus of so many myths.