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.

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.

Ellis Island gained its historic status as the first place millions of immigrants arriving in America would have set foot on US soil. And remarkably, two American men of Welsh origin with the same ...

The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island in New York harbour remain two of the world's iconic sites - and sights.Ellis Island gained its historic status as the first place millions of immigrants ...

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 ...

From 1892 immigrants were taken to Ellis Island in New York to be 'processed'. They received a medical inspection and if they failed they were sent back to where they came from. For these ...