Windows on the south side of the Great Hall at Ellis Island frame the Statue of Liberty, Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in New York. With the unveiling of a new exhibition next month, Ellis Island is ...

The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island are two iconic landmarks in the United States that hold significant historical and cultural significance. The Statue of Liberty, a gift from France to the United ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Sept. 18, 1956, an ad in The Wall Street Journal attracted considerable attention. The federal General Services Administration ...

Ellis Island: A People’s History looks at the everyday injustices that have haunted the country’s stance on immigration for centuries. An immigrant family on the dock at Ellis Island, 1925. (Photo by ...