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Further to last week's White House showdown between Stephen Miller and CNN's poetry correspondent, Mark shares a few more thoughts on how a Statue of Liberty became a statute of immigration. Click below to watch:
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BallBounces in Toronto
While a bit late for the dance - so to speak - I am a new Founding Member playing catch-up. As a grade schooler in the 1940's into the early 50's, I vividly recall my NY City public school lessons regarding the Statue of Liberty (indelibly etched in a corner of my mind). The thrust of it all was the poem - yes, the poem. Sitting nearly within view from my classroom window, was the majestic Lady - albeit green. She held a torch symbolizing what we were told was a beacon to follow in order to reach, what for many, was to be a sanctuary. Whether any of that was true is not my point - it is what was being passed on in my classroom. I wish the true meaning had been imparted - the Liberty-part that is. Thank you, Mark. A digression: I am a second generation American with three grandparents from Germany and one from Ireland; 1910 was the year they arrived at Ellis Island. They demonstrated proficiency in the language of the land and held skill-sets of value for their new country. They were hardly wretched or poor in the sense that they could not fend for themselves. They were contributors and contribute they did. English was spoken in the home. Wouldn't it be luv-er-lee if all who arrived here held true to those practices?