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 ...

Max Miller of Tasting History prepared a typical meal of what European immigrants at the turn of the 20th Century would eat when they finally landed on Ellis Island. From much of the early 20th ...

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 ...

(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 United States has long been a beacon of hope and opportunity for people from around the world. From the early settlers who arrived on the Mayflower to the millions of immigrants who passed through ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ellis Island, located just a short ferry ride away from the Statue of Liberty, was the gateway to America for millions of immigrants. The Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration offers a ...