The Ellis Island Honors Society (EIHS) has today announced the 2025 recipients of the Annual Ellis Island Medals of Honor, ...

Artists Victoria and Richard MacKenzie-Childs are asking $1.25 million for a 118-year-old boat docked at Staten Island.

In the 1800s, it was believed that corners harbored disease. Thus, all the hallways of the Ellis Island hospital are rounded.

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.

Plan Ahead: The only way to access the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island is by using the official National Park Service ferry operator, Statue City Cruises. A UNESCO World Heritage Site ...

Rep. Vince Fong, R-Bakersfield, opens a box to show family members of World War I veteran Andreas Cagoulides the Purple Heart ...

"I am one of the nearly 40% of all U.S. citizens who can trace at least one ancestor to Ellis Island. Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty stand as timeless symbols of hope, resilience ...

The Feature Profile Test, in the collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, was administered to immigrants at Ellis Island in the early 20th century. Those who failed to ...

One’s Company, with storyteller Pippa White, will be performing “Voices from Ellis Island” at Morton-James Public Library on Sunday, May 4, at 2 p.m. This show is sponsored by Alice and Dan Holtz.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.—Victoria MacKenzie-Childs recently replaced the vintage stove in her kitchen with a new stainless-steel grill. “I was just ready for a change,” explains Victoria ...