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.
The Statue of Liberty was given to America by France as a symbol of the alliance that was formed during the Revolutionary War. The statue was originally intended to be delivered in 1887 to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. However, it arrived in New York Harbor in June of 1885.