Based on the map to the right, access to indoor plumbing varies greatly by region. Areas of South Dakota, Apache County in Arizona, Rio Grande in Texas, Appalachia in Kentucky and Virginia, and rural Alaska have high percentages of unplumbed households. While this outlook seems bleak, it helps to put it in perspective.
In 1901, Lazarusâs friend Georgina Schuyler began an effort to memorialize Lazarus and her poem, which succeeded in 1903 when a plaque bearing the text of the poem was mounted on the inner wall of the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.â.
Symon Sez. Statue of Liberty Arrived In Pieces Before Taking the Pedestal. On This Date in History: On Americaâs centennial in 1876, the French promised to give to the United States a great statue in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.