BTW..my grandma who died when I was younger, refused to be buried back in Italy. She loved America! She rests in Omaha, NE next to my Grandpa who also believed in America was a promised land. Rest in peace!

My biggest achievement : becoming a citizen of the USA in 2003.

This is one of the best historic places in America. It was an emotional experience for me.

It's a crying shame that such a historical place as Ellis Island was allowed to deteriorate for as long as it was before being picked up by preservation organisations such as the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island foundation, Save Ellis Island, etc. They've pretty much saved the Main Hall, but what about the rest of Ellis Island? How about cleaning up and restoring the hospital? They were just as important as the Main Hall, aren't they?

My grandparents all passed through Ellis Island from Ireland in the mid 1920s. This reminded me of their courage and hard work.

I found my family members on some of these lists, many thanks to the Ellis Island Museum for making them available!

I hope we will continue to remember this history and create the opportunities for those who continue to come to America.

My grandmother arrived from Napoli as a 2 year old with her mama and older brother. He had an injured arm and as such, he remained on the island for 6 weeks.
My grandfather's dad arrived from Torino, then returned to Milano about 5 years later for his beautiful bride.

I am an immigrant of 2013

My great grandmother and grandma came through Ellis Island from Germany

Many family members that have came through from the 1600s-1900s

Thanks you for this moment it was answome 😊! 🎉❤

Me too I have to see this for HW

Fantastic! Thanks so much for telling us. We love to hear that Great Museums is helping in the classroom. Very inspiring!

My whole family was a part of Ellis Island and I plan to go down there and visit

my great grandpa came from finland through ellis as well as my grandma when she was 18 from finland

Have to watch this for homework #dontwantto

The lady from Sweden was so kind

Excellent video. Used it with my students and they were very interested in the content, especially the real life examples. Thank you for sharing this resource!

Every time i go to new york i ride the ferry just to get that feelin coming in on a boat.  Through thehsrbour i get choked up my kids have never experienced they don't want to go. They need to go.