Emma Lazarus. The poetess was more or less manipulated into this task by Pulitzer and other Newspaper tycoons. the saying was the Statue of Liberty was largely (built) by the Newspapers as they made all sorts of pushing for it. the statue was built ten years after the centennial of Us-l876.-statue went up in l886. The newspapers remained the driving force.
The Statue of Liberty tablet contains an inscription of a text or series of letters which is the date of the United States of America's day of Independence (July 4, 1776).
The tablet itself reads (in Roman numerals:
IV MDCCLXXVI
The quote on the Statue of Liberty comes from Emma Lazarus. This particular quote was from her Sonnet, New Colossus.
Emma Lazarus was the poetess involved. This is evidentally her only published or widely known work, quite a contrast with Longfellow.
Emma Lazarus
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I did! I am Barbara Klaskin Silberg and am proud to say that my song, using the inscription by Emma Lazarus, can be found on the Patriotic Song Website sponsored by the National Institute of Health.
This would be found on the Statue of Liberty.
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This would be found on the Statue of Liberty.
This would be found on the Statue of Liberty.
The full inscription reads "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." It is found on a plaque mounted inside the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, a symbol of freedom and democracy in the United States.
The statue referred to in the question is a smaller replica of the Statue of Liberty. In a routine search no infoemation could readily be found as to any inscription that this statue may, or may not, bear. See below link:
WEll, there is the Empire State Building (but that's not really a STATUE) so a big statue in New York would definitely have to be the famous Statue Of Liberty!! lildancer99<33
JULY IV MDCCLXXVI (July 4, 1776), which is the day the United States adopted the Declaration of Independence.
Liberty island is home to the Statue Of Liberty.
emma lazarus wrote "The New Colossus" which is engraved on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. According to the text, whom does the sonnet depict lady liberty lovingly taking in?