Inscriptions on Liberty Bell and Statue of Liberty
The verse describing the "Jubilee Year" - the 50th year after a compete cycle of seven sabbatical years when each slave was set free - from Leviticus 25:10; "Proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof" was originally inscribed on the Liberty Bell to celebrate the colony of Pennsylvania's 50th (jubilee) year in 1751. It was later interpreted as referring to the political liberty of the United States. The words, "Give me your hungry, your poor, your huddled masses... Sign in to see full entry.