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Here is another picture of the Statue of Liberty from the Circle Line Cruise that I took while here in New York for the TBEX conference. This shot shows that the poem that we associate with our lady Liberty was not part of the original statue but is on the base. The poem by Emma Lazarus won a writing contest.

The New Colossus

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning 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!”

Thanks again to the New Your Tourism Board for the VIP pass that included this cruise.