Between
1897 and 1938, immigration changed the face of America.
More than 100 million citizens in the United States
can trace their ancestry to an immigrant who landed
at New York's Ellis Island. Ellis Island is more than
a museum, it is hallowed ground; it is the place where
many immigrants from all over the world first touched
American soil. Through the museum's oral history project
and through the everyday objects on display--a pair
of boots, a cooking pot, religious artifacts and traditional
clothing--the museum strives to "give voice" to people
whose lives have not typically been seen as history.
Visit
the American Family Immigration History Center at Ellis
Island. www.ellisisland.org
