Library of Congress/Detroit Publishing CoĪ waxen replica of Bartholdi in the gift shop: She’s actually copper at this time, not green. Liberty in 1890, prepared to welcome millions of new immigrants in the harbor. New Yorkers first saw a small portion of Lady Liberty - her arm and torch, displayed in Madison Square Park in an effort to raise money for her installation in New York Harbor. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Anita WillensĮmma Lazarus (1849-1887), a woman of exceptional writing skills who eventually embraced her Jewish heritage and worked to bridge the divide between settled Americans and newly arriving immigrants in need of assistance. We greatly appreciate our listeners and readers and thank you for joining us on this journey so far.Ī group of fifty Jewish children, en route to Philadelphia in 1939, were placed into foster homes. Check them out and consider being a sponsor. If you’d like to help out, there are five different pledge levels (and with clever names too - Mannahatta, New Amsterdam, Five Points, Gilded Age, Jazz Age and Empire State). Please visit our page on Patreon and watch a short video of us recording the show and talking about our expansion plans. We are now a member of Patreon, a patronage platform where you can support your favorite content creators for as little as a $1 a month. We’re also looking to improve the show in other ways and expand in other ways as well - through publishing, social media, live events and other forms of media. We are now producing a new Bowery Boys podcast every other week. The Bowery Boys: New York City History podcast is brought to you …. But are Lazarus’ words still relevant in the 21st century? Listen Now: Emma Lazarus Podcast This icon of republican government - and friendship between France and America - would soon come to mean safe harbor and welcome to millions of new immigrants coming to America. Lazarus was convinced to write a poem about the statue but she decided to infuse her own meaning into it. In this episode, Tom and Greg look at the backstory of these verses - considered sacred by many - and the woman who created them.Įmma Lazarus was an exceptional writer and a unique personality who embraced her Jewish heritage even while befriending some of the greatest writers of the 19th century. When the French decided to bestow the gift of Liberty Enlightening the World to the United States, many Americans were uninterested in donating money to its installation in New York Harbor. What do they mean to you? “Give me your tired, your poor/Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free/The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.”
PODCAST The words of “ The New Colossus,” written 135 years ago by Jewish poet Emma Lazarus in tribute to the Statue of Liberty, have never been more relevant - or as hotly debated - as they are today.
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