The Ellis Island
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The first Ellis Island Immigration Station officially opens on January 1, 1892, as
three large ships wait to land. Seven hundred immigrants passed through Ellis Island
that day, and nearly 450,000 passed throught Ellis Island first year. Over the next five
years, more than 12 million people will pass through the island on their way into the
United States.
The Ellis island was designed by Edward Lippincott Tilton and William Alciphron
Boring. Ellis Island offical name is Statue of Liberty National Monument and The
Ellis Island is in register of historic places
Some facts about The Ellis Island
1. The immigration station processed its last immigrants on november 12 , 1954
today , it functions as a museum
2. The station dining room was capable of housing about 1000 people at once
3. Immigrants had to answer 29 questions to gain citizenship, about 2 percent of
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