![]() ![]() For one thing, the statue’s official title is ‘Liberty Enlightening the World’, and her connection to immigration was not the original impulse of her creators. Jokes! The only ecstasy I knew as a bookish adolescent in rural Ireland was reading Wuthering Heights over and over again. I’ll put her sluggish intellectual curiosity down to all of that ecstasy she took in her teens. ![]() ![]() While not wholly incorrect, that old version of me was missing hugely significant chunks of context and history. Picture: Edwin Levick/Getty ImagesĪ symbol of freedom and of welcome, representing a hugely aspirational version of the US, her torch illuminating the possibility if not the reality of the place. Early 20th century immigrants from Europe take in their first glimpse of the new world as they see the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island in New York Harbor. ![]()
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