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

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 ...

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 ...

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

Part of JR’s ‘Unframed — Ellis Island’ installation (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) One of New York City’s most haunting ruins has direct views of the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan ...

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 ...

Between 1892 and 1924, more than 12 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) bid farewell to their hometowns in search of better opportunities in the land of the free. Traveling with little more than a ...

Between 1892 and 1954, approximately 12 million immigrants arrived at the now-iconic Ellis Island to enter the U.S. -- or nearly 200,000 legal entries per year. All were registered, documented, and ...