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   History of Statue of Liberty
   PBS: Statue of Liberty search
   Student Authors From KUSD:
   American Studies @ the University of Virginia: Emma Lazarus,
     "The New Colossus" (1883)
   Open Society Institute: Emma Lazarus Fund
   History Channel Traveler (search - Statue of Liberty)
   Mehmet's HomePage: Photographs of The Statue of Liberty

   History of Statue of Liberty

1. Immigration the living mosaic of people, culture and hope......
2. The History Behind the Statue of Liberty
3. The Creation of the Statue of Liberty
4. The Symbolism of the Statue of Liberty

   PBS: Statue of Liberty search

   Student Authors From KUSD:

1. The Statue of Liberty - A Lady of Hope and Grace
2. A project undertaken by 4th grade students from the Somers Elementary School
3. The Making of the Statue
4. Feature Article

   American Studies @ the University of Virginia: Emma Lazarus, "The New Colossus" (1883)

1. Emma Lazarus' famous words, "Give me your tired, your poor,/ Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" may now be indelibly engraved into the collective American memory, but they did not achieve immortality overnight.

   Open Society Institute: Emma Lazarus Fund

1. In 1883, Emma Lazarus published her famous poem, "The New Colossus" for an auction at the Art Loan Fund Exhibition in Aid of the Bartholdi Pedestal Fund for the Statue of Liberty. The statue was a gift from France called, "Liberty Enlightening the World," honoring two nations who achieved independence through revolution.

   History Channel Traveler (search - Statue of Liberty)

1. Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island - New York, NY

   Mehmet's HomePage: Photographs of The Statue of Liberty