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In 1883, the young writer Emma Lazarus donated “The New Colossus” to an auction raising funds for the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. The poem portrayed the Statue of Liberty as offering refuge from the miseries of Europe. Although the sonnet received little attention at first, in 1903 it was engraved on a bronze plaque and affixed to the base of the Statue. Only in the late 1930’s, when millions fled fascism, did the poem become fully identified with the Statue of Liberty.
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