Peter urban and im a park ranger at for the National Park service here at ellis island. This island for Many Americans is a place where their american story began. 12 to 13 million americans came to this island and to this building in order to be given the ok to go out and start their lives in the late 1800s and early 1900s. A lot of people dont know about ellis island before that time, so let me talk to you briefly about ellis island itself. Today, we are 27 acres in size. But in the origin form this island was in, it was three acres. A small island in the middle of the the barely came above. Its first serve as a fort in 1812 and then as a storage depot. Somewhere around 1890, it was decided by the federal government that this would be the place that they would institute the first buildings specifically constructed for the processing of immigrants. And so they did construct that building between 1890 and 1892. The building you see here is not the first Processing Center, it is actuall
Between 1892 and 1954, about 12 Million Immigrants seeking a new life in america were taken to ellis island for processing, questioning and health screening. Today, millions of americans take ferry boats each year to visit ellis island and the statue of liberty. Up next on American History tv american artifacts, we visit Ellis Island Immigration Museum to learn about the immigrant experience. Good morning, my name is peter urban and im a park ranger for the National Park service here at ellis island. This island for Many Americans is the place where their american story began. 12 to 13 million americans came to this island and to this building in order to be given the ok to go out and start their lives in the late 1800s and early 1900s. A lot of people dont know about alice island before that time, so let me talk briefly about ellis island itself. Today, we are 27 acres in size. But in the original form this island was, it was three acres. A small island in the middle of the harbor, ba
Charges after they attacked Spirit Airlines workers at the airport in ft. Lauderdale. According to the airline, the women became combative following a delayed flight, attacking the workers with shoes, water, and fast food. Three employees suffered minor injuries. A stop the violence march in new york city leads to violence. At least three officers, including a top police official, were hurt, and more than three dozen people were arrested during a faceoff on the brooklyn bridge. One officer suffered a fractured eye socket. New York City Police are investigating a gruesome killing in manhattan. A 33yearold tech entrepreneur was executed in his luxury condo in what investigators believe was a professional killing. Heres wabcs josh ein heres wabcs josh einiger. Reporter the investigation at this grisly scene stretched into a second night where, amid the cops and noise and all that yellow tape, there was a single bouquet of flowers. From a friend. He was beautiful. And hes there should be s
A lot to get to and discuss, everybody. Right now, though, a quick check on the markets because theyre higher across the board. The bottom right of the screen and come off the highs, the dow above 27,000 for the First Time Since june 10th on an intraday basis. S p 500 less than 5 from its alltime highs up nearly 50 from the march lows. 28 members of that index hitting a new 52week or alltime high and a cramer favorite stock, mccormick. The nasdaq is negative again there is a lot to discuss. Joe, we are off the highs. You can address that but also this the vaccines plural getting all the attention as they should. It only concerns, you know, all of humanity. But did Goldman Sachs numbers have anything to do with the earlier market strength . I think most of the early gains that we witnessed this morning you can credit to the vaccine optimism i do think, brian, that the Strong Performance from financials in the last couple of days, whether it be jpmorgan or a Goldman Sachs this morning, t
Gates chinese immigration during the era 1882 1943, angel island, immigrate gateway to america and the making of asian america, history. At the Immigration History Research Center she has helped emerge immigration history with the digital humanities. She launched and oversees the National Endowment for the humanity immigration story project which works with recent immigrants and refugees to. Text, preserve and share the expenses. Her book, america for americans history of xena phobia in the United States is the subject of tonights talk. Please welcome erika lee. [applause] hi seattle, him so glad to be here. Im so glad to be back here at townhall, i was last here in 2010 before it was renovated. Am really happy to be back at a very glad that we begin this evening with the land acknowledgment i would like to repeat that land acknowledgment as i will discuss later xenophobia in xena global wheels and is tightly connected, native americans along with africanamericans were made into this c