Battery Park in Manhattan in New York County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Emma Lazarus
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, March 27, 2010
1. Emma Lazarus Marker
Emma Lazarus
Poet Patriot
author of The New Colossus,
the sonnet inscribed on the Statue of Liberty
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 be free,
the wretched refuse of your teeming shores.
Send these, the homeless, tempest tossed to me.
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Presented by the
Federation of Jewish Women’s Organizations, Inc.
on the occasion of the
American Jewish Tercentenary
This foundation stone is the gift of the
State of Israel
Erected 1954 by Federation of Jewish Women’s Organizations, Inc.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music
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Location. 40° 42.219′ N, 74° 1.043′ W. Marker is in Manhattan, New York, in New York County. It is in Battery Park. Marker is on Battery Place. Marker is south of the Battery Place/West Street intersection, in Battery Park between the Garden of Remembrance and the Castle Clinton National Monument. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: New York NY 10004, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Norwegian Maritime Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); History of the Battery Wall (within shouting distance of this marker); Federal Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); Battery Wall Discovery (within shouting distance of this marker); The Lives of Castle Clinton: (within shouting distance of this marker); American Merchant Mariners' Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); New York Korean War Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named American Merchant Mariners' Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Manhattan.
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2. "Emma Lazarus in bowtie outfit."
Also see . . . The Battery: Emma Lazarus Memorial Plaque. The official Parks Department description of the memorial. (Submitted on December 12, 2018, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
Additional keywords. poetry; immigration; Jewish Americans
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, March 27, 2010
3. Emma Lazarus Marker
Photographed By Larry Gertner, December 11, 2018
4. Emma Lazarus Marker
The marker is almost impossible to visit now, as it is surrounded by the barricades for Liberty Island boat screenings.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 19, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 1, 2010, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,075 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 1, 2010, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 4. submitted on December 11, 2018, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
