While in New York, we took a ferry to the Statue of Liberty. She's really impressive from close up.
There were large crowds all around the statue--it's a favorite for tourists from around the world.
We also visited Ellis Island and looked through many of the artifacts and the information there. It makes one stop to think of our freedom and citizenship. While there are many sad stories at Ellis Island, the vast majority of immigrants were admitted to America.
In the second picture, you will see Ellis Island with the New York skyline in the background. Certainly the skyline has changed over the years, but it still had to be pretty impressive to newly arrived immigrants.
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Great trip, Mom and Dad!
These bring back memories of the trip Tanya and I took to NYC at the end of August, right before you visited us -- we did not have tickets to go inside the base of the Statue prior to our arrival but were able to get inside in the "stand-by" line...
I spent a lot of time reading the immigrants' stories at Ellis island also and we took the audio tour.
Jerry
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