How Lady Liberty became a beacon for immigrants – CBS News Watch CBS News The Statue of Liberty, France’s gift to the United States, was originally viewed as a tribute to the end of slavery. But poet Emma Lazarus reimagined Lady Liberty as a “mother of exiles,” welcoming immigrants to the shores of America. Correspondent…
At the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., stands a 46-inch-tall model of an American icon – the Statue of Liberty – whose origin story may surprise you. “When this idea began, it was really about liberty; it wasn’t about immigration,” said Lonnie Bunch, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, That’s right: Lady Liberty had…
From the archives: Charles Kuralt on the Statue of Liberty – CBS News Watch CBS News The reopening of Ellis Island to the public during America’s bicentennial year prompted CBS News’ Charles Kuralt to offer his thoughts on the sight of Lady Liberty as viewed by generations of immigrants, and on the diversity of a…