One hundred years ago this Sunday, the Ellis Island wave of immigration was brought to an end. And all Americans are better for it. For decades we’ve been taught to be ashamed of the period of ...
After nearly three years of horrific, industrialized war raged ... It came at the end of July 1916. Black Tom Island, a major depot off the coast of Jersey City, New Jersey, held much of the ...
It is estimated that 100 million Americans can claim an ancestor who went through Ellis Island, according to the Ellis Island ...
A fortune teller read his palm and told him that he had a long lifeline and would survive the war unscathed. On the ...
In the spring of 1919, two teams—funded by Dyson and led by Eddington and Crommelin—set out by sea: one ship travelled to Príncipe, a small island ... Over 100 years later, his theories ...
141 years ago, the fathers of the Republic declared belief in the unalienable right of man to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, we citizens of Philadelphia, following the traditions of ...
One hundred years ago, as Kansas City’s Liberty Memorial was being constructed ... The book contained information and facts about Kansas City from 100 years ago with details about how the ...
There’s the logistics, such as shipping building materials to an island. It needed to withstand hurricanes and flooding, endure for more than 100 years and have sustainability woven into the design.
COSI held a science experiment event that distributed hundreds of individual experiment boxes to eager young students to celebrate America’s upcoming birthday.
After 75 years at the same ... reduce its footprint of about 100 team members, and yield some space the program uses at the club. After the request, Washington-Liberty coaches and booster-club ...
The lineup of 51 Liberty Head and Indian Head gold dollar ... Henry Chapman Collection of $1 Gold” was kept for more than 100 years in a Philadelphia bank vault. Matador Rare Coins “I almost ...