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The Promise of America Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.” All people have different ideas of what the American promise is, and what it means to be an American. To some, America promises hope and freedom, but to others it may promise a stable income and a stable home. In both the illustration, “Scene on the Steerage Deck”, and in the speech, “Address on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty”, the promise of America is defined as hope and unity. “Scene on the Steerage Deck” is a newspaper illustration from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. In the illustration, the auditor can clearly see the

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