Poet Emma Lazarus was born this day (July 22) in 1849. Composer Irving Berlin set to music her immortal poem, “The New Colossus,” which is engraved on the base of the Statue of Liberty.
Poet Emma Lazarus was born this day (July 22) in 1849. Composer Irving Berlin set to music her immortal poem, “The New Colossus,” which is engraved on the base of the Statue of Liberty.