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[BullNBear52]

I found it kind of humorous that we are celebrating our Independence Day tomorrow but no outsiders need apply.

I'm sure there are many who want to erase these words at the Statue of Liberty in NY harbor.



Statue of Liberty Inscription - The New Colossus

"Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.


Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!"
cries she
With silent lips. "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-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

—Emma Lazarus, 1883


NYC Insider Guide: Statue of Liberty Inscription - The New Colossus, Give me Your Tired http://www.nycinsiderguide.com/Statue-of-Liberty-Inscription.html#ixzz1zZyj1bUY