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Part by small donations from people across america. years before the statue was built, years before it would be seen by throngs of immigrants craning their necks skyward at the end of a long and brutal voyage, years before it would come to symbolize everything we cherish, she imagined what it could mean. she imagined the sight of a giant statue at the entry point of a great nation, but unlike the great monuments of the past, this would not signal an empire. instead it would signal one's arrival to a place of opportunity and refuge and freedom. here at our sea-washed sunset