That is awesome, edgar. Thanks for allowing us to remember what the statue really means.
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-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Breaking news:
Bush to address new citizens on 4th of July
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WASHINGTON - President Bush will spend some time this July 4th at the home of the man who virtually wrote the Declaration of Independence. Bush plans to visit Thomas Jefferson's hilltop home, Monticello, in Charlottesville, Va. He'll taking part in Monticello's annual naturalization ceremony, addressing 76 new American citizens.
Since 1963, some 3,000 Americans have taken the oath of citizenship at Jefferson's home on the Fourth. This year, 76 men and women from 30 nations will join them.
On previous Fourths, Bush has witnessed the creation of new Americans on New York's Ellis Island and at Washington's Walter Reed Army Hospital.
Today the president will also get a tour the historic shrine overlooking the Blue Ridge Mountains and the University of Virginia that Jefferson founded.
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