the huddled masses poem was added to the statue of liberty in 1903.
when was the huddled masses poem added to the statue of liberty?
1903
bullet::::- may 16 – [[jim wallace (baseball)|jim wallace]], 71, backup outfielder for the [[1905 pittsburgh pirates season|1905 pittsburgh pirates]].





























bullet::::- may 19 – [[sam leever]], 81, pitcher who spent his 13-year career with the [[pittsburgh pirates]] from 1898 to 1910, compiling a 194-100 record for a .660 [[win–loss record (pitching)|w–l percentage]], the ninth highest in mlb baseball history, leading the national league with a 2.06 [[earned run average|era]] and seven [[shutout]]s in 1903 and in w-l% three times, while ammasing 20 or more wins in four seasons.
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fundraising for the statue had begun in 1882. the committee organized a large number of money-raising events. as part of one such effort, an auction of art and manuscripts, poet emma lazarus was asked to donate an original work. she initially declined, stating she could not write a poem about a statue. at the time, she was also involved in aiding refugees to new york who had fled anti-semitic pogroms in eastern europe. these refugees were forced to live in conditions that the wealthy lazarus had never experienced. she saw a way to express her empathy for these refugees in terms of the statue. the resulting sonnet, "the new colossus", including the iconic lines: "give me your tired, your poor/your huddled masses yearning to breathe free", is uniquely identified with the statue of liberty and is inscribed on a plaque in its museum.
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