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Israel Sends Tombstone to U.S. for Grave of Emma Lazarus

April 5, 1954
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A special tombstone with a marble plate to be place over the grave of the American Jewish poetess Emma Lazarus was shipped to New York today by the Foreign Ministry. A portion of one of Miss Lazarus’ poems is inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor.

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