The first stop for millions of people who emigrated to the United States of America.
Ellis Island Immigration Station was located on a small patch of land at the mouth of the Hudson River, between New Jersey and New York.
The Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration describes the story of American immigration and the experiences of people who came to the United States and settled there.
Exploring the museum and the Great Hall helped me to appreciate how anxious people must have felt as they were processed. Most arrivals moved on to find jobs and homes in their new country but others were turned away after failing crude medical or literacy tests.
The Immigration Station operated between 1892 and 1954. An estimated 12 million immigrants passed through its doors. Many citizens of the United States can trace their ancestry back to the time when their forebears arrived at this place and started their new lives.
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