U.S. National Parks – Object #7

Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island

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<p>This is a brochure created by the National Park Service for visitors to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. On the left hand side is information about the history of Ellis Island and an illustrated physical description of the Statue of Liberty. Emma Lazarus’s poem “The New Colossus” is reprinted on this side. There is a timeline about the Statue of Liberty on the bottom. On the top is a map showing how to reach the island by ferry. The right side of the brochure contains information about the history of Ellis Island immigration station. Historic photographs of immigrants at Ellis Island are in the background of the text. There is a timeline at the bottom of the right side with the history of Ellis Island.</p>

Statue of Liberty view is from ground level and Ellis Island is viewed from above. Includes text, location map showing ferry connections, 2 illustrated timelines and illustrations depicting the history of the area.

Excerpts

“Over a hundred million Americans can claim ancestors who came through Ellis Island. “There were probably as many reasons for coming to America,” wrote President John F. Kennedy in A Nation of Immigrants, “as there were people who came.” Religious persecution, political strife, unemployment, family connections, the lure of adventure: these were the circumstances of the greatest migration in modern history, when shipload after shipload of people, mostly Europeans, came to the United States. Beginning in 1892, the majority–some 12 million–took their first steps toward becoming Americans at Ellis Island.”

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Citations

United States National Park Service. Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. [Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 2010] Map.