The Statue of Liberty. Was a gift from France. A Big THANK YOU for helping them out with there war. Not slavery. Your guest was changing the meaning completely. As far as the poem it was made to draw tourists to get money to build a pedestal for the statue to stand on. Please read the following. Hopefully I’ll get it to you. Your guest was making a different reason for the statue now. Changing history. Tell her to dig deeper and frind out the real tire not make up stuff and you start believing it.