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History: Nov. 19, 2013

...20th president of the United States, James Garfield, was born in Orange Township, Ohio.In 1887, American poet Emma Lazarus, who'd written "The New Colossus" to help raise money for the Statue of Liberty's pedestal, died in New York...
Something in commonwith Emma Lazarus

...Statue of Liberty, standing there in the harbor of New York. The statue represents a lot of things for our nation. Emma Lazarus wrote a poem in 1883 titled, " The New Colossus." This poem is engraved on a plaque on the statue. The closing words...
Letter: Why not share the bounty of America?

...time to blow up the Statute of Liberty: At least the pedestal on which it stands, engraved with that famous poem by Emma Lazarus: "Give me your tired, your poor..." Clearly, we don't want them any more. No more "tired'' and "poor...