to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness the rights and try and in the preamble to the declaration of independence proved easier said than done. the navesink twin lights light house overlooking the entrance to the bay of new york is a good vantage point to gaze on what may be the quintessential american dream the journey from rags to riches for more than a handful this dream became reality. on the way toward manhattan a statue of liberty symbolizes what the nation's founding fathers had put to paper in the declaration of independence from british rule and to tyranny and liberty for