"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-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door."
THE STATUE
OF
LIBERTY
The New Colossus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
with conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed,sunset gates shall stand
a mighty woman with a torch
whose flame is imprisoned lightning,
and her name Mother of Exiles,
From her beacon-hand glows
world-wide welcome;
her mild eyes command the air-bridged harbor
that twin cities frame,
"Keep ancient lands your storied pomp!"
cries she with silent lips,
"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-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Emma Lazarus (1849-1887)
SOME OF INTERESTING FIGURES
Statue completed in Paris,June 1884
Statue presented to America by the people of France,July 4,1884
Statue dismantled and shipped to US,Early 1885
Date of Acceptance by President,October 28,1886
Part of Acceptance Statement by President Cleveland,
"We will not forget that liberty here made her home;
nor shall her chosen altar be neglected",
Date designated a National Monument,October 15,1924
Height from base to torch,151' 1" (46.50m)
Heel to top of head,111' 1" (33.86m)
THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
MAIN BUILDING CIRCA 1892
The Old Custom House Through New York Harbour
THE PRESENT ISLAND AS NATIOANL MUSEUM