Liberty Canvas

Photographed from the ferry and edited to make it look as if it was an older painting instead of a modern photograph.  This image is approximatly the same view as the view of the millions of immigrants who saw Lady Liberty as a symbol of opportunity and prosperity in the new world.  They followed the words of Abraham Lincoln and immigrated to the United States to give their lives a "New Birth of Freedom."  This symbol has sparked countless American stories of entrepreneurship, hardship, overcoming unbearable obstacles, determinition to forge a better life then what they had elsewhere, and a connection to this new experiment known as the United States of America.  She is the gift that keeps on giving and continues to remind us Americans of our past, present, and future. She is the Mother of all Exciles.  The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus.   Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty w