1 For information on what conduit revenue bonds have been issued and if the interest from the bond is exempt from Wisconsin tax, visit our website at revenue.wi.gov/faqs/pcs/conduit.html.
The New Colossus. The New Colossus is a sonnet that American poet Emma Lazarus (1849â1887) wrote in 1883 to raise money for the construction of the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. In 1903, the poem was engraved on a bronze plaque and mounted inside the pedestal's lower level. 1 History of the poem.
In order to get the Statue to the United States the Statue was broken down into 350 individual pieces and packed in 214 crates. On October 28, 1886 the Statue of Liberty dedication took place, ten years later than the centennial date of 1876. The Statue of Liberty was placed on the granite pedestal in the star-shaped walls of Fort Wood. Until 1901, the Statue of Liberty was the responsibility of the United States Lighthouse Board.