[E. Pluribus Unum]

Ellis Island, where the Statue of Liberty stands, was the wall of the time.

Nobody got into America without passing through it, and lots of people were screened and sent back home or kept in quarantine.

[dfwgator]

Nobody got into America without passing through it, and lots of people were screened and sent back home or kept in quarantine.

[gov_bean_ counter]

My first thought as well.

[mass55th]

"Ellis Island, where the Statue of Liberty stands, was the wall of the time."

Yep. My father, his two brothers, and their parents came through there back in 1912. Immigrants were separated, evaluated, and medically cleared for entry. And they had to have a sponsor here to vouch for them prior to their being allowed to come.

[alloysteel]

(Pssst) The Statue of Liberty is NOT on Ellis Island, it is on a much smaller island nearby. Bedloe’s Island is the actual site, and was once the location of an Army fort. The name of the island was changed to Liberty Island in 1956.

The two islands, Ellis Island and Liberty Island, are both part of the same Statue of Liberty National Monument, but the two islands are separated by water, and immigrants never came ashore on Bedloe’s Island.