In eighteen eighty-three, American poet Emma Lazarus wrote a poem as if Lady Liberty were speaking. In part it says: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free … I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”
Today, more than three million people visit the Statue of Liberty each year. Most come by a ferryboat from New York. Some visitors go inside the statue and climb as high as the crown to look down on the harbor. Others stay on the ground, take photographs, read Emma Lazarus’ poem and enjoy being close to Lady Liberty.
Sahara Smith
DOUG JOHNSON: Sahara Smith writes and sings poetic songs influenced by country and folk music. The twenty-one year old musician from Texas started writing songs at the age of nine. She recently released her first album “Myth of the Heart”. Mario Ritter tells us more.
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MARIO RITTER: That was “Train Man.” Like many songs on the album, this one expresses a deep sense of longing and heartbreak that is surprising for such a young performer.
Sahara Smith
Sahara Smith grew up in Wimberly, Texas. Her father showed her how to play a guitar at the age of eight, and she soon began writing her own songs. At the age of twelve, she began performing in local restaurants. She gained wider attention three years later when she performed during a contest for young musicians on the National Public Radio program “A Prairie Home Companion.”
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