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Located in New York Harbor,
Ellis Island served as the main immigration center of the United States
until 1943. |
| After officially closing in
1954, the site
was declared a National Monument in
1965, with the main building
reopening
as a museum in 1990. |
| Anxious men, women and children await
their turn through the gate in another historical depiction. |
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Visitors rubbing the American Immigrant Wall of Honor to obtain tracings of the engraved
names. |
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| The Statue of Liberty overlooked it all, representing the freedom awaiting the millions that
passed through Ellis Island. |
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