No Statue of Liberty ever greeted our arrival in this country...we did not, in fact, come to the United States at all. The United States came to us.

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The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of freedom. It was given to the U.S. as a gift from the French Republic in 1886, the year of our first arrival. The first generation of immigrants came to this country to escape poverty and persecution.

They weren’t looking for anything new, just the chance to work hard and be free. They weren’t looking for any special treatment, just some chance to start over without having to hide their beliefs or learn English.

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