The famous "Gateway to America" opened more than 130 years ago on New Year's Day. What was it like for the more than 12 ...

On New Year's Day in 1892, the Ellis Island Immigration Station in New York formally opened, processing nearly 700 immigrants ...

The immigrants who came to the U.S. through Ellis Island faced many challenges, but on Christmas, they were served a feast ...

The federal General Services Administration announced that it was “now authorized to offer one of the most famous landmarks in the world — Ellis Island — for private commercial use.” ...

Jan. 1 marks National Hangover Day, which is quite fitting following New Year's Eve festivities. If you're eager to continue ...

When history professor Mark Washburne wanted to learn about his grandmother’s arrival in the United States as an infant, he ...

Between 1892 and 1954, more than twelve million immigrants passed through the U.S. immigration portal at Ellis Island, enshrining it as an icon of America's welcome. That story is well known.

From 1975: The two inmate uprisings at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla were “coordinated and preplanned,” ...

Ellis Island, a Catalina 34 owned by Peter Ellis, pulled off the King Harbor Holiday Boat Parade equivalent of a trifecta by ...

The Ellis Island Initiative is seeking funding to help embed migrants in New York, which they say is especially urgent as ...

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 ...

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 ...