"The New Colossus" is a sonnet that American poet Emma Lazarus (1849 -- 1887) wrote in 1883 to raise money for the construction of a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty. In 1903, the poem was cast onto a bronze plaque and mounted inside the pedestal's lower level.

Answer this question: when was poem added to statue of liberty? Let's think fast. Stream of consciousness:
This is the relevant information: In 1903, the poem was cast onto a bronze plaque and mounted inside the pedestal's lower level. So the final answer is 1903.