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QotD

posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:24am on 2016-10-28

"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 "The New Colossus" (1883) by Emma Lazarus (b. 1849-07-22, d. 1887-11-19). Most Americans should recognize this as the famous poem attached to the Statue of Liberty, which it was written about to raise money for constructing the statue's pedestal. (The Statue of Liberty was dedicated 130 years ago today. The plaque bearing the powem was added much later).

( If you had trouble placing those lines, you probably know the second stanza better... )

Today is also Ohi Day, in memory of the day in 1940 when Ioannis Metaxas of Greece said no to Benito Mussolini's ultimatum.

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