On Nov. 12, 1948, a war crimes tribunal in Japan sentenced former premier Hideki Tojo and six other World War II Japanese ...

Isabel Belarsky was one of the millions of migrants who passed through Ellis Island in New York. In 2014, she told the BBC ...

Someone should tell him that we are not a border state, that the American economy relies on immigrants to fill vital jobs, and that nobody is advocating that America just fling open its doors to ...

What's more, Ellis Island is duly listed as part of a national ... owned – often Greek-owned – institutions, and many are open 24 hours a day serving up comfort food and fresh pies.

Discover the natural beauty of New York State's national parks. Explore monuments and trails, and immerse yourself in history ...

It was still seven years before New York would build an immigration station there and nearly half a century before Ellis Island would open ... the Homestead Strike of 1892, Carnegie threw his ...

Explore the beauty of New Jersey's national parks. From the Appalachian Trail to the Delaware Water Gap, experience the ...

On Nov. 12, 1954, a main entry point into the United States was closed as immigration station, detention center.

More than 12 million immigrants arrived in the United States via Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954. Also on this date: In ...

Stretching back to the Dutch colonial settlement in the early seventeenth century, Ellis Island became a place known for both heartache and joy, processing over 12 million immigrants to the United ...