the plaque was put on the statue of liberty on march 3, 1877.
when was the plaque put on the statue of liberty?
march 3, 1877
emma lazarus (july 22, 1849 – november 19, 1887) was an american author of poetry, prose, and translations, as well as an activist. she wrote the sonnet "the new colossus" in 1883, which includes "lines of world-wide welcome". its lines appear inscribed on a bronze plaque on the pedestal of the statue of liberty, installed in 1903, a decade and a half after lazarus's death. the last stanza of the sonnet was set to music by irving berlin as the song "give me your tired, your poor" for the 1949 musical "miss liberty", which was based on the sculpting of the statue of liberty ("liberty enlightening the world"). the last stanza was also set by lee hoiby in his song "the lady of the harbor" written in 1985 as part of his song cycle "three women". lazarus was also the author of "poems and translations" (new york, 1867); "admetus, and other poems" (1871); "alide: an episode of goethe's life" (philadelphia, 1874); "poems and ballads of heine" (new york, 1881); "poems, 2 vols."; "narrative, lyric and dramatic"; as well as "jewish poems and translations".
emma lazarus
in 1826 an act of parliament meant the construction of a new turnpike road between marylebone and north finchley which, in church end, is now called regents park road and replaced ducksetters lane. the people of finchley continued to use the old lane as the tollgate, situated in ballards lane at the junction of nether street, meant that parishioners had to pay to use their main thoroughfare. after much protest the gate was moved to just south of the junction of east end road and was shortly afterwards removed. it was commemorated with a blue plaque put up at the "queen’s head" by the finchley society, but the pub closed in 2012 and is now apartments.
history of church end, barnet