Up next in the american elliscts, we visit the Island Immigration Museum to learn about the immigration experience. Peter urban good morning, my name is peter urban, and i am a park ranger here at ellis island. This island for Many Americans is a place where their story began. Came toon americans this island, this building in order to be given the ok to go out and start their lives in the 1800s and early 1900s. A lot of people dont know about ellis island, so let me talk briefly about the island itself. But in27 acres in size, the original island, it was three acres. A small island in the middle of the harbor rarely above sea level at high tide. A for most of its life was military installation. It was used in the war of 1812 and was for storage. Somewhere around 1890 it was decided by the federal government this would be the place they would institute the first building specifically for the processing of immigrants, and so they did construct to that building between 1890 and 1892. The
12 Million Immigrants seeking a new life in america were taken to ellis island for questioning and health screening. Today, millions of americans take ferry boats to visit it. Up next on american artifacts, we visit the Ellis Island Immigration Museum to learn about the immigration experience. Peter urban good morning, my name is peter urban, and i am a park ranger here at ellis island. This island for Many Americans is the place where their story began. 12 to 13 million americans came to this island and building in order to be given the ok to go out and start their lives in the 1800s and early 1900s. A lot of people dont know about ellis island, so let me talk briefly about the island itself. Today, we are 27 acres in size. But in the original form it was , three acres. A small island in the middle of the harbor barely above sea level at high tide. For most of its life, it was a military installation. It was used in the war of 1812 and was for storage. Somewhere around 1890 it was dec
Youre watching a mechanistic tv all weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. Allmerican history tv weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. Between 1892 and 1954, about 12 Million Immigrants seeking a new life in america were taken to ellis island for questioning and health screening. Today, millions of americans take ferry boats to visit it. Up next in the american artifacts, we visit the Ellis Island Immigration Museum to learn about the immigration experience. Peter urban good morning, my name is peter urban, and i am a park ranger here at ellis island. This island for Many Americans is a place where their story began. 12 million to 13 million americans came to this island, this building in order to be given the ok to go out and start their lives in the 1800s and early 1900s. A lot of people dont know about ellis island, so let me talk briefly about the island itself. We are 27 acres in size, but in the original island, it was three acres. A small island in the middle of the harbor rarely above
Youre watching a mechanistic tv all weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. Allmerican history tv weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. Between 1892 and 1954, about 12 Million Immigrants seeking a new life in america were taken to ellis island for questioning and health screening. Today, millions of americans take ferry boats to visit it. Up next in the american artifacts, we visit the Ellis Island Immigration Museum to learn about the immigration experience. Peter urban good morning, my name is peter urban, and i am a park ranger here at ellis island. This island for Many Americans is a place where their story began. 12 million to 13 million americans came to this island, this building in order to be given the ok to go out and start their lives in the 1800s and early 1900s. A lot of people dont know about ellis island, so let me talk briefly about the island itself. We are 27 acres in size, but in the original island, it was three acres. A small island in the middle of the harbor rarely above
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