The United States immigration station on Ellis Island closed on Nov. 12, 1954. The station had processed almost 12 million ...

I’m a descendant of immigrants. Most likely you are, too. When the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, 2.5 million colonists and enslaved people lived in what would eventually become the ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Nov. 12, 1954, Ellis Island officially closed as an immigration station and detention center. More than 12 million ...

ELLIS ISLAND, New York (Reuters) - Ellis Island, once the gateway to America for millions of immigrants, is having a make-over after years of neglect that nearly allowed nature to destroy a national ...

Ellis Island, in Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for over 12 million immigrants to the United States as the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station for over sixty years from 1892 until 1954.

Introduction -- The Beginning of the Era of Restriction -- Contributionism in the Prewar Period -- The Quest for Tolerance and Unity -- How Much Did the War Change America? -- The Reemergence of ...

A wall of scaffolding is surrounding one of the nation’s most treasured national monuments this Fourth of July. The scaffolding surrounding part of Ellis Island is visible from Liberty State Park, a ...

On Sept. 18, 1956, an ad in The Wall Street Journal attracted considerable attention. The federal General Services Administration announced that it was “now authorized to offer one of the most famous ...