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NewYork
HalfDay
Excursion
All groups are escortedbythePLUS staff
Ellis Island
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Ellis Island is an island that is
located in Upper New York It
was the gateway for millions
of immigration to the United
States as the nation’s busiest
immigrant inspection station
from 1892 until 1954.
Bay in the Port of New York
and New Jersey. The island
was made part of the Statue
of Liberty National Monument
in 1965, and has hosted
a museum of immigration since
1990. It is a place where visitors
can spend hours learning about
Ellis Island’s history before,
during, and after its use as
America’s immigration station.
The museum also tells
the stories of why so many
people immigrated to America.
Ellis Island has become a place
where families and individuals
celebrate and honor those
family members who made
the arduous journey to a new life
in America.ica and what became
of them after they arrived.
INCLUDED INTHEPACKAGE
Ferry, Entrance
and Audio Tours Ticket
with Priority Check-in
and Boarding $25 per person
Statue of Liberty
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The Statue of Liberty is
a colossal neoclassical sculpture
on Liberty Island in New York
Harbor in New York City.
The copper statue, designed
by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi,
a French sculptor, and dedicated
on October 28, 1886, was a gift
to the United States from
the people of France.
The statue was constructed
in France, shipped overseas
in crates, and assembled on the
completed pedestal on what
was then called Bedloe’s Island.
The statue is of a robed female
figure representing Libertas,
the Roman Goddess, who bears
a torch and a tabula ansta
(a tablet evoking the law) upon
which is inscribed the date
of theAmerican Declaration
of Independence, July 4, 1776.
A broken chain lies at her feet.
The statue is an icon of freedom
and of the United States:
a welcoming signal to immigrants
arriving from abroad.
INCLUDED INTHEPACKAGE
Ferry, Entrance
and Audio Tours Ticket
with Priority Check-in
and Boarding $25 per person
Liberty State Park
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Liberty State Park is located
on Upper New York Bay
in Jersey City, New Jersey,
opposite Liberty Island
and Ellis Island. The LIBERTY
WALK promenade graces
the eastern edge of Liberty
State Park, and is a 1.3 mile
stroll from the park office
and Statue of Liberty overlook
to the partially restored CRRNJ
Terminal. During the 19th
and early 20th centuries, after
being greeted by the Statue
of Liberty and processed at Ellis
Island immigrants purchased
tickets and boarded trains, at the
CRRNJ Terminal, that took them
to their new homes throughout
the United States. The Terminal
served these immigrants as
the gateway to the realization
of their hopes and dreams of
a new life in America.
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