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The
Statue
of
Liberty
faces
outward
toward
the
nations,
holding
aloft
the
torch
of
freedom,
the
flame
of
hope,
the
promise
of
the
future.
She
holds
this
torch
high
in
the
daytime
and
during
the
night
as
well.
She
shines
her
light
in
the
midst
of
darkness.
This
symbol
of
freedom
and
hope
was
presented
by
the
people
of
France
to
the
people
of
the
United
States
in
1886
in
honor
of
the
friendship
between
the
two
nations.
Yet,
the
Statue
belongs
to
all
people.
Her
message
is
universal,
speaking
to
the
hearts
of
those
who
cherish
freedom
everywhere.
Liberty’s
image
is
one
of
strength,
majesty,
and
hope,
visible
in
her
eternally
raised
right
arm
which
carries
the
torch
of
freedom.
Holding
aloft
a
light
that
never
fails,
she
represents
hope
to
the
hopeless,
welcome
to
the
poor,
courage
to
the
meek.
Facing
outward
toward
the
ocean,
her
lamp
is
a
beacon
on
stormy
seas,
drawing
to
her
shores,
those
from
afar
who
seek
a
better
life.
For
these,
and
for
countless
others
who
embrace
her
message,
the
Statue
of
Liberty
represents
the Golden
Door.
What
is
the Golden
Door?
It
is
the
entrance
into
liberty
and
freedom
from
oppression
that
is
the
promise
of
America
—
a
land,
a
people,
a
way
of
life.
It
is
also
the
freedom
of
spirit
and
of
choice
that
was
declared
an
inalienable
right
in
the
Declaration
of
Independence
—
a
document
whose
date
of
execution,
July
4th,
1776,
is
inscribed
on
the
tablet
she
carries.
The
Statue
welcomes
all
to
this
door
—
the
lost,
the
needy,
the
rejected,
the
exiled.
She
invites
them
to
step
through
it
into
freedom.
Liberty’s
comforting
presence
is
increasingly
needed
when
the
sea
of
world
events
becomes
more
stormy,
the
waves
higher.
In
times
of
turbulence,
her
light
is
reassuring,
her
presence,
a
guarantor
of
safety.
Immortalized
in
the
poem
of
Emma
Lazarus,
the
Statue
speaks
eternally
the
words
of
compassion:
“Give
me
your
tired,
your
poor,
your
huddled
masses
yearning
to
breathe
free.”
These
words
from
the
“The
New
Colossus,”
written
in
1883,
appear
on
the
Statue’s
pedestal.
“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-tost
to
me,
I
lift
my
lamp
beside
the
golden
door!”
The
Statue
of
Liberty
was
originally
called
“Liberty
Enlightening
the
World,”
and
this
is
truly
her
task
—
to
enlighten
mankind
to
the
noble
ideals
of
freedom
and
equality
that
belong
to
each
one,
and
to
hold
high
the
standard
of
hope
that
light
will always triumph
over
darkness.
This
is
the
promise
represented
in
the
Statue
—
that
through
every
conflict,
war,
or
loss,
through
every
dispossession
or
abandonment
of
principle,
the
torch
of
freedom
will
continue
to
be
held
high.
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