12/20/1890 Today we heard the news that we will reach Ellis Island any day now. It amazes how fluent I have become in Yiddish. I still remember at the beginning of the voyage how my father and mother had to translate everything I said. However‚ now I regret learning Yiddish because now I understand why many of the fellow passengers were always crying. It wasn’t because of missing the old country which I earlier believed‚ but of the loss of their close family members and friends. I remember back
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Dear Ana‚ Hello‚ my name is ______. I am now finally an American Citizen. I am from Greece. I met your sister Maria on the boat and she told me she would not have time to write and asked me to tell you what America was like. I think American is more gilded than golden. Gilded is when something is gold on the outside and (for example) iron on the inside. America seemed like an ideal place to come. At least till I got here… On the long trip to America people were discussing that if they were
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of Liberty that symbolize different things. The seven rays coming out of the crown represent the seven seas and seven continents of the world. The twenty-five windows on the crown represent the gemstones found on earth. The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island‚ which it was built on‚ symbolize Americas welcome ness to immigrants to all over the world. Pilar does not feel this welcoming to the United States like their supposedly is. She feels exiled from her homeland in Cuba and struggles to find a
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In the video Forgotten Ellis Island‚ I was able to learn about a place I had never heard of in detail before‚ the Ellis Island Hospital. I was amazed by the fact that around 6‚000 immigrants were checked daily. That is a significant amount of people. It was also interesting to see that many immigrants were cared for and sometimes even cured. However‚ the hospital had its issues. One of them was the fact that many families got separated because of the health condition of its members. I cannot imagine
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Ellis island was an immigration station from 1892-1954 in the United States. Ellis Island in the New York harbor was the gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States‚ having millions of immigrants pass through the island making it the site of the nations busiest immigrant inspection station. The name “Ellis Island” brings back many memories and historical associations both good and bad. The great wave of immigration from southern and eastern Europe that took place in America in the late
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grounds of The Statue of liberty worth about $56 Million. About 75% of the island flooded‚ damaging the island‚ but the statue itself emerged unscathed. Up till today‚ the New York Harbor landmark still remains closed as workers repair the damage wreaked on Liberty Island. With money being tight for the repairs there will be little amounts left for the repairing damages of the retail stores and other commercials on the island. Not only did the president of the Statue lose a great deal of money‚ but
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Ellis Island was the home to many new immigrants that came into the United States. There were more than 12 million immigrants who passed through Ellis Island between the years of 1892 and 1954. Ellis Island was the gateway to a new life to many new people. It was the land of new opportunities and new dreams for many. In the 1770’s the island was sold to a man named Samuel Ellis. Later on‚ the U.S War Department bought the Island for $10‚000. Years later‚ Ellis Island turned into the Immigration
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WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT! What is Immigration? What is Ellis island Immigration? Immigration is when a group of people move to a certain place such as a foreign country and take action and permanently move to a new place. Immigration happens all around the world. Many people have and still do immigrate to America. One important time in history was Ellis Island‚ which had taken place from 1892-1954. Ellis Island was a federal immigration station which was used for only one intent for 60 years. According
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think of Ellis Island‚ you usually think of a historical landmark. But Ellis Island has a long and interesting history to it. Back in the 1800s‚ Samuel Ellis owned Ellis Island. He made the island into a picnic place for the Swedish. It was purchased in 1808 by the Federal Government to be used as a Government Arsenal Fort. The need for immigration was first realized in 1847 when a severe potato famine in Ireland led to thousands of starving people storming into New England and New York. Ellis Island
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The Island lacked the resources needed for the immigrants. There were too many people coming to Ellis Island to have enough space to support them. This was not entirely the staff’s fault‚ however. As reported by Renee C. Rebman‚ Ellis Island had over 800‚000 processed passengers in 1905 alone‚ not including first and second class who had the privilege of going through at a different time than steerage (21). With such an immense number of immigrants coming in one year alone‚ it became burdensome
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