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Statue of Liberty National Monument spans Liberty Island and Ellis Island in Upper New York Bay, uniting the Statue of Liberty with the former Ellis Island immigration station and hospital. Created in stages from 1924 to 1965, it joined a global symbol of freedom with the place where millions of immigrants first entered the United States. The statue, a French gift dedicated in 1886, gained added meaning through Emma Lazarus’s poem The New Colossus, while Ellis Island came to represent arrival, inspection, and hope. Together the islands embody liberty, refuge, and immigration in the history of New York Harbor and the nation.
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