November 16, 2006

Not a Porch Light
Lazarus Poem Changed the Meaning of the Statue of Liberty

Petition to remove poem
Invaders Invoke Statue of Liberty
West Salem Coulee News
- 11/15
"...it will be an ugly metal barrier that gives lie to the inscription on our Statue of Liberty..."
Yakima Herald - 11/15
"We need to remember the phrase on the Statue of Liberty," he said.
Front Page Magazine - 11/17
"Farmers Branch is now going to be a city of hate...The Statue of Liberty must be crying right now."

Dr. Tyndall on Emma Lazarus
"Rather than a symbol of fighting for liberty and a republican form of government in the country of one's birth, Lazarus believed that Lady Liberty should symbolize the fleeing of the problems of one's native country start a new life in the United States. This radical transformation of the original meaning of Lady Liberty has had a profound effect on the world's dispossessed and their view of the United States."

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