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January 30, 2017

Day 30 – The Symbol of Freedom Spoon

This is a pewter spoon from the Statue of Liberty National Monument in New York.

At the base of the monument, inscribed on a bronze plaque, are the last few lines of a poem written by Emma Lazarus.

Emma Lazarus, author of “The New Colossus”
 

Emma was the fourth of seven children in a large Sephardic-Ashkenazi Jewish family. She became an advocate on behalf of Jewish refugees who were detained by immigration in New York after escaping anti-Semitic violence in Russia.

The last few lines of Emma’s poem, “The New Colossus”, are as follows:

“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!”

If you are so inclined, please make a donation to the ACLU. We will ALL need their help very soon. 

https://action.aclu.org/donate-aclu

January 30, 2017 Filed Under: Spoons, United States Tagged With: New York, places, Statue of Liberty, United States

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