Exit 1/14

Which group of people is discussed in this statement?

After 200 years . . . [the nation] still stands strong and true to the granite ridge, and [its] glow has held no matter what storm. . . . still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home.

—President Ronald Reagan, January 11, 1989