The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island

In the two days we spent touring New York City, we saw the grand lady from water and land, from the back and from the front, from Ellis Island and from Manhattan. I have never seen the Statue of Liberty before and since I was impressed, I can proudly report that I have over 40 pictures of Miss Liberty. I'll only include a few of them here. I promise.

You see her from behind when admiring the statue honoring veterans at Liberty State Park, and through the flags at the visitor center there. (Something I noticed all over this area is the number of U.S. Flags; they are everywhere.)

I could look her right in the eye when we were on the tour boat.

Did you know she is 151 feet tall from feet to top of torch and is covered with copper "skin"?
And can you imagine catching flounder in view of Miss Liberty.

Visitors to Ellis Island pass under her shadow.
We took Miss Freedom to Ellis Island.
And while there we registered in the data base and looked up family names. Since neither Mike nor I know that much about when our ancestors came to the United States, we didn't locate long lost relatives, but we did have fun and find people with our surname who did pass through the halls at Ellis Island. While here, they would have been searched and examined and perhaps a few would not pass inspection and would be denied entrance to America.

From 1892 to 1920 over 12 million immigrants came through Ellis Island
and each of those people came with a story and baggage... can you imagine all that passed through these buildings.

Mike and I spent some time locating family names on the Wall of Honor. Maybe they are related and maybe not but it made our visit to this famous site more personal.





And before we left the island, we had our picture taken with the New York City skyline in the background.