(I took some pictures at New York, city of the cities, last week and I will write the picture stories of the trip in this series. Thanks!)
On May 23 Friday, we visited at the Statue of Liberty.
The statue was much bigger than I thought before. According to the World Almanac and book of facts 1985 (page 454), the statue weighs 450,000 lbs (225 tons) and height from base to torch is 151 feet and 1 inch.
The following is an excerpt from the poem by Emma Lazarus:
“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses earning 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!”
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