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 ...

Nearly 12 million immigrants were processed at Ellis Island's immigration station from its opening in 1892 to 1954, when it closed. But the number of immigrants dropped significantly by 1924 ...

Moore were sent to Camp Low yesterday forenoon to embark the Normannia's immigrants and bring them to Ellis Island. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

The multimillion-dollar project at Ellis Island will expand the gaming floor ... establishment has undergone several upgrades since opening its doors in the late 1960s, but none as large as ...

Ellis Island straddles New York and New Jersey and commemorates the immigrant experience. Millions of American stories began at Ellis Island; by some estimates, 40% of people in the country today have ...

Some historians also object to visitors walking to Ellis Island. The 12 million immigrants who arrived between 1892 and 1954 ...

Col. Weber would go on to be appointed as the first Commissioner of Immigration at the port of New York, opening Ellis Island on January 1, 1892. A number of athletes have called Lackawanna home ...

This award-winning immigration documentary is shown in two of the island’s three theaters and is accompanied by a 15-minute introduction by a park ranger. Call 212-363-3200 for schedules and ...

A feat of 19th-century technical engineering and a beacon for immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, the statue can be admired from several different vantage points around Manhattan, including ...

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