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 40 percent of Americans can trace their ancestry to Ellis Island. That's what made the U.S. so prosperous.

Immigration is central to America's identity — and for most of us, to our family histories. As we turn away from that legacy, ...

More than 12 million immigrants arrived in the United States via Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954. It has since become a ...

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 ...

was a simulation of Ellis Island. For a number of years, our district has hosted an event where all sixth-grade students have the chance to live in the shoes of an immigrant coming to America and ...

Ellis Island straddles New York and New Jersey and commemorates the immigrant experience. Millions of American stories began at Ellis Island; by some estimates, 40% of people in the country today have ...

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 ...