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Thursday
Nov 21, 2024
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Quote Author: Emma Lazarus |
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Emma Lazarus |
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Emma Lazarus (July 22, 1849 - November 19, 1887) was an American poet born in New York City. She is best known for writing "The New Colossus", a sonnet written in 1883, that is now engraved on a bronze plaque on a wall in the base of the Statue of Liberty. The sonnet was solicited by William Maxwell Evarts as a donation to an auction, conducted by the "Art Loan Fund Exhibition in Aid of the Bartholdi Pedestal Fund for the Statue of Liberty" to raise funds to build the pedestal.
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