Ellis Island ceased to be an immigration port in 1954. But while it remains central to one of New York's most iconic images, ...

It would have been very multicultural, with British, Dutch, French and Native Americans ... "Then as now, the ancestry is a bit of a mystery." Ellis Island ceased to be an immigration port in 1954.

Library of Congress Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island in about 1902 ... It would have been very multicultural, with British, Dutch, French and Native Americans... and sadly there would have ...

A reader says San Antonio's Project Marvel has great promise for downtown, but others remain skeptical about the return on investment.

leading to a Madras inspired tartan known as 'Madrasi checks,' which in the colonial empires made its way to the French occupied Caribbean." "Like many of the traditional costumes from all over ...

China has begun to challenge U.S. hegemony in Latin America. The chaos of the Trump presidency may present it a new ...

If only these walls could talk ... imagine the stories they'd tell,” we mused aloud as we walked through the Great Hall on ...

Immigrants have been a part of the foundation of what would be New York City, according to the state’s New York ...