As many as 12 million people are thought to have first stepped foot in the United States through Ellis Island’s immigration ...

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 ...

They arrived as rich and poor, white and non-white, and, without exception, legally. With the gradual decline of such great influxes, Ellis Island finally ceased operating roughly 71 years ago. Yet ...

Between 1892 and 1954, immigrants arriving on the shores of the United States passed below the towering face of Lady Liberty before docking at Ellis Island. A processing center for more than 12 ...

Program director Everett McCorvey, Kentucky students explore stories of Ellis Island for nation’s 250th anniversary.

From 1892 to 1930, Ellis Island was the first experience of life in America for millions of immigrants. That first experience was dramatic, exciting, terrifying and unforgettable. And the immigrants ...

PORTAGE, Mich., Feb. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ellis Island Honors Society (EIHS) has announced that Charles Zhang and Lynn Chen-Zhang of Zhang Financial have been selected as recipients of the ...

Some 276,000 patients were admitted to the medical facility between 1892 and 1951. But the abandoned complex has long been overlooked, and preservationists are fighting to save it Brian D. Scanlan ...