The famous "Gateway to America" opened more than 130 years ago on New Year's Day. What was it like for the more than 12 ...

more than twelve million immigrants passed through the U.S. immigration portal at Ellis Island, enshrining it as an icon of America's welcome. That story is well known. But Ellis was also a place ...

About 12 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island until it was shuttered 70 years ago in 1954. Among them were Isaac Asimov, Josephine Baker, Abe Beame, Irving Berlin, Frank Capra ...

Nearly 12 million immigrants were processed at Ellis Island's immigration station from its opening in 1892 to 1954, when it closed. But the number of immigrants dropped significantly by 1924 ...

Families were often kept on Ellis Island for months at a time ... It wasn't an event to feed new immigrants their beloved foods but to introduce them to what Americans eat. In 1898, the feast ...

(AP Photo) On New Year’s Day in 1892, the Ellis Island Immigration Station in New York formally opened, processing nearly 700 immigrants on its first day. Five facts about Ellis Island ...

The statue also houses a museum dedicated to its history and construction, as well as the story of immigrants who came to the United States through Ellis Island. Ellis Island, located nearby ...

Ellis Island straddles New York and New Jersey and commemorates ... long lines and the threat of detainment and deportation tested the resolve of immigrants, many of whom had already spent days and ...

more than twelve million immigrants passed through the U.S. immigration portal at Ellis Island, enshrining it as an icon of America's welcome. That story is well known. But Ellis was also a place ...

A feat of 19th-century technical engineering and a beacon for immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, the statue can be admired from several different vantage points around Manhattan, including ...