These iconic words from "The New Colossus," the 1883 poem written by American Emma Lazarus etched in bronze and mounted on the Statue of Liberty's pedestal, have again been catapulted into a ...

The 14-line poem was written to raise funds to build the Statue of Liberty and was inscribed on a bronze plaque inside the structure in 1903. The new bill being backed by the president seeks to ...

Unfortunately, Lazarus wouldn't live to see her poem get its due. melanzane1013, Flickr // CC BY-SA 2.0 The Statue of Liberty herself finally arrived in New York Harbor on June 17, 1885.

And so, clearly, that's what he was referring to. And we hear this all the time. The Statue of Liberty poem is quoted all the time as though it represents some fundamental American value.

Attached to the Statue of Liberty is a bronze plaque inscribed with a poem familiar to many Americans. Written by Emma Lazarus in 1883 and hung inside the statue’s pedestal in 1903, it has long ...

Should the poem on the Statue of Liberty guide U.S. immigration policy? Americans are divided, according to a new poll. Photo from Jeff Burak, UnSplash Attached to the Statue of Liberty is a ...