Mastodawn

"Give me the wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
Send the homeless to me, I lift my lamp [at] the golden door!"
*The New Colossus,* Emma Lazarus, written to raise money for the construction of Liberty's base, 1883. But this was only later associated with the statue.
>The Statue of Liberty was actually a gift from France to commemorate the United States finally ending slavery. She's broken free from her shackles and chains.
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getmisch

Got it from the Blue-ski. It was credited as "street art", "Paris 11th" (district, where my sister used to live).
I love that because the Statue was given us by France, not for taking in immigrants but for finally joining the rest of the world and ending slavery. Her ankles are shown breaking free of locks and chains.
It was decades later that the immigration aspect was tacked on.
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