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Is Trump going to change Lady Liberty’s famous greeting?

President Donald Trump meets in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 31, 2017.
President Donald Trump meets in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 31, 2017. ERIC THAYER The New York Times

“Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

Mr. Trump, are you going to change the greeting on Lady Liberty?

My ancestors came from Belgium, Canada, Denmark, England and Germany. Where did yours come from?

12th generation American,

Martha A. Crosley Graham, Los Osos

This story was originally published March 31, 2017 at 3:03 PM with the headline "Is Trump going to change Lady Liberty’s famous greeting?."

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