MPS/AAA-The Statue of Liberty

Statue of Liberty

A large statue symbolizing hope and freedom on Liberty Island in New York Harbor

Emma Lazarus

American poet whose immigration poem is on the Statue of Liberty

Annie Moore

First immigrant to come through Ellis Island. She was 15 and Irish

Synonyms of the Statue of Liberty

Lady Liberty, Mother of Exiles

Joseph Pulitzer

United States newspaper publisher (born in Hungary) who established the Pulitzer prizes (1847-1911), had his newspaper raise thousands of dollars so the pedestal could be completed under Lady Liberty.

torch

a light carried in the hand

beacon

a light or other signal that warns and guides; a lighthouse; anything that guides or inspires

immigrant

a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there

sanctuary

a shelter from danger or hardship

Liberty Island

an island in New York Bay southwest of Manhattan where the Statue of Liberty stands

Ellis Island

an island in New York Bay that was formerly the principal immigration station for the United States

Collosus of Rhodes

considered to be one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world - massive stature that was created to show Cyprus' victory and power

beloved

dearly loved

imprisoned

in captivity

The New Colossus

lazarus' poem on the base of the statue of liberty

Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

sculptor of Lady liberty, believed in the symbolism of an idea that i loved in both America and France - freedom

symbol

something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible

Reasons why people came as immigrants during 1892 - 1945

war in their own countries, persecution due to religious beliefs, poverty, famine, a better life