"I
will never forget that October morning in 1907 when I first
saw the Statue. I was on a ship with 1600 people, which had
sailed from Italy two weeks before. There we were, my father,
my mother, my two sisters and my brother. We held each other
closely and looked with wonder on this land of our dreams. Passengers
all around us crowded against the rail of the ship. The people
were talking, crying, laughing and cheering. Mother and father
lifted up the baby and my little brother, too, so that they
could see the Statue of Liberty. I
looked at the Statue, hardly believing it was real. As we got
close to it, all the passengers became silent. This symbol of
America seemed to take away our breath. Many older people, thinking
of what they left behind, had been crying. Now, seeing this
symbol of American freedom and hope, they dried their tears."
(anonymous)
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