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 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 ...

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 ...

Although immigrants today are more assimilated into American culture than previous generations, they could still be more integrated. And contrary to what many on the Left argue, assimilation benefits ...

When we genealogists think of immigration through New York City, which was the gateway for millions of our American ancestors, we tend to envision the huge facility Ellis Island, now a museum and ...

The greatest legal immigration wave in America’s history started 60 years ago, when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the 1965 immigration law on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. “This bill that we ...

Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.) History Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.) Conservation and restoration Text "accompanies a major photographic exhibition ... and will be ...

GALVESTON, Texas – More than a century ago, this busy Gulf Coast port and longtime vacation destination 50 miles southeast of ...

"Sometimes I dream that I'm back there, crossing that river or back in the jungle. All those things haunt me," recalls Giranny Colmenares of her journey to the United States. She and her three ...

This article discusses racism, ableism, and abuse. Warning! This article contains SPOILERS for 1923 season 2, episode 3.Alexandra (Julia Schlaepfer) had a harrowing trip through Ellis Island in 1923, ...