ellis island in English

noun
1
an island in the bay of New York that served as an entry point for immigrants to the US 1892–1943 and as a detention center for people awaiting deportation until 1954. It is now part of a national monument and houses an immigration museum.

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1. Ellis Island is preserved as a historic monument.

2. Ellis Island became known as Heartbreak Island among immigrants.

3. The Eisendorfer family was not detained at Ellis Island.

4. I suggest you include Ellis Island in your trip.

5. 1892 – Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.

6. 2017 Ellis Island 5 oz Burnished Silver Coin - America The Beautiful

7. Do you know what important activity once took place Ellis Island?

8. Do you know what important activity once took place at Ellis Island?

9. Ellis Island was, for forty years after it closed, a magical place.

10. By the time they reached Ellis Island, she had lost all her hair.

11. Next to his picture were photos of my great - grandparents , Ellis Island immigrants.

12. Ellis Island is a small island only a mile away form Lady Liberty.

13. Statue of Liberty National Monument includes Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.

14. Ellis Island is an island of Upper New York Bay southwest of Manhattan.

15. The poor, tired people huddled in lines at Ellis Island, waiting to be processed.

16. Ellis Island , the historic gateway to America, has also been turned into a museum.

17. The museum will serve as a memorial to the millions who passed through Ellis Island.

18. I didn't really wake up until we made the short boat trip to Ellis Island.

19. The museum closed in 1991 following the opening of an immigration museum on nearby Ellis Island.

20. Almost half of all Americans have at least one family member who passed through Ellis Island.

21. Liberty Island and the acreage on Ellis Island are part of New York City which are completely surrounded by the municipal borders of Jersey City, including 24 acres (97,000 m2) created by land reclamation at Ellis Island and riparian areas.

22. Ellis Island, NY, Line Inspection of Arriving Aliens, 1923 (National Archives Identifier 6116683) Today’s poem, “The Buttonhook” by Mary Jo Salter, was inspired by a National Archives photograph of Ellis Island showing uniformed inspectors examining newly arriving immigrants eyes.

23. He was a recipient of an Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 1998 and the Award of Excellence of the International Center.

24. When they reached Ellis Island, Israel Beilin was put in a pen with his brother and five sisters until immigration officials declared them fit to be allowed into the city.

25. A rich immigrant history, dazzling creative energy, and lots, and lots, of pizza Once a home for incoming immigrants via Ellis Island, Brooklyn has evolved into the world capital of hip.

26. Chaplinesque "old Frenchman in a black felt hat, a boiled shirt, a At War with Hemingway: The "Enthrallment" of Combat The impeccably dressed Donald Martin adopted a Charlie Chaplinesque approach to the rostrum where he told about the highs and lows of the immigrants passing through Ellis Island on their way to become American citizens.