WBAL Radio 1090 AM - The story behind 'The New Colossus' poem on the Statue of Liberty and how it became a symbol of immigration (NEW YORK) -- "Give me your tired, your poor, ...

Jim Acosta quoted the most famous couplet from Emma Lazarus's 1883 poem The New Colossus etched on the Statue of Liberty in his argument with Stephen Miller.

melanzane1013, Flickr // CC BY-SA 2.0. The Statue of Liberty herself finally arrived in New York Harbor on June 17, 1885. At the dedication ceremony over a year later, “The New Colossus” was ...

Emma Lazarus wrote the poem “The New Colossus” in 1883, when she was 34 years old. Twenty years later, 16 years after her death, it was inscribed on a bronze plaque at the base of the Statue ...

Several months ago, I posted my well-worn copy of Emma Lazarus’s poem “The New Colossus” — whose final words are, of course, engraved at the base of the Statue of Liberty, but which is ...

By the time the new colossus had been built, ... On Oct. 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty stood a sentinel for liberty and justice for all. But just three years earlier on Oct. 15, ...

The Statue of Liberty’s original torch is getting a new home. Made of copper and gold so that it would shine bright, the first torch took a beating from the weather and was replaced by a replica ...

WBAL Radio 1090 AM - The story behind 'The New Colossus' poem on the Statue of Liberty and how it became a symbol of immigration (NEW YORK) -- "Give me your tired, your poor, ...