Our History: Statue of Liberty still holds torch of freedom

By Joan Brown Wettingfeld

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.