Sailing to the Statue of Liberty and near-by Ellis Island is one of New York’s most popular attractions. And with good reason; the Statue of Liberty remains one of America’s most iconic landmarks– but it’s also estimated that a staggering 40% of all Americans can trace at least one ancestor who passed through the famous immigration halls of Ellis Island.
Between 1892 and 1954, around 12 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island, which grew from a small facility to a vast complex that at its peak was processing over 11,000 immigrants in a single day.
