Paul Avgerinos - Home: Where Everyone is Welcome

Destination Unlimited with Victor Fuhrman · Nov 9, 2017 · 57m

Aired Wednesday, 8 November 2017, 8:00 PM ET

Paul Avgerinos - Home: Where Everyone is Welcome

In 1883, Emma Lazarus wrote the sonnet, “The New Colossus.” Her precious words are inscribed on a bronze plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty. The words read,

“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 woman with a torch, whose flame

Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name

Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand

Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command

The air-bridged harbor that…