The national monument to immigration at Ellis Island is in the latter part of a $117 million makeover as the U.S. marks its 250th anniversary this weekend. Ellis Island is just over a quarter-mile ...

It was, for decades, a gateway for many of the millions of people who immigrated to America. Ellis Island is today a part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument (the statue is on Liberty Island).

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 ...

Nearly everyone who visits Ellis Island sees the same thing: the restored Great Hall, ...

As the country celebrates its 250th birthday, relatives of the first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island reflected on the American Dream. Annie Moore, a teenager from County Cork, Ireland, made the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 200 artefacts telling stories of early 20th century immigrants to the United States will be returned to New York's Ellis Island immigration museum on Thursday following ...

If you’re departing from the New York side, you’ll hop on a Statue City Cruises ferry at Battery Park in lower Manhattan. If ...

Several independent tour companies offer tours to the Statue of Liberty that include private guides and extra perks like ...