“And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ then you shall say to him, ‘With a powerful hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery.’” —Exodus 13:14
Ellis Island Immigration Station Opens, January 1, 1892
n December, 1891 seventeen-year-old Annie Moore of County Cork, climbed aboard the USS Nevada, along with her two younger brothers, in Queensland, Ireland (now known as Cobh). On January 1, 1892 they disembarked to join their parents in New York, the first of seven hundred new immigrants to enter the United States through Ellis Island, formerly considered part of New York but declared by a judge, New Jersey-owned in 1998. By the year of its closure in 1954, more than twelve million more would follow Annie through the portals of the reception area to become United States citizens. The last was a Norwegian merchant-seaman named Arne Peterson.
View of Ellis Island in Upper New York Bay with Lower Manhattan in the background
"Na itakuwa, wakati mwanao atakapokuuliza wakati ujao, akisema, 'Hii ni nini?' basi utamwambia, 'Kwa mkono wenye nguvu BWANA alitutoa Misri, kutoka nyumbani mwa utumwa.' "" (Kutoka 13:14; 1 Wakorintho 2:8) Katika mwaka wa 1892, Annie Moore, msichana mwenye umri wa miaka kumi na saba kutoka Kaunti ya Cork, alisafiri kwa meli ya USS Nevada pamoja na ndugu zake wawili wadogo huko Queensland, Ireland." "Wakati wa safari ya kwanza ya kwanza ya Marekani, waliwasili New York, New York, Januari 1, 1892, na kuwa wa kwanza kati ya wahamiaji 700 waliowasili Marekani kupitia kisiwa cha Ellis, ambacho zamani kilionwa kuwa sehemu ya New York, lakini hakimu aliitangaza kuwa ni ""kiwanja cha New Jersey.""" Kufikia mwaka wa kufungwa kwake, zaidi ya watu milioni kumi na mbili zaidi wangemfuata Annie kupitia milango ya eneo la mapokezi ili kuwa raia wa Marekani. Mmoja wao alikuwa mfanyabiashara Mnorway aliyeitwa Arne Peterson. Mtazamo wa Kisiwa cha Ellis katika Ghuba ya Juu ya New York na Lower Manhattan nyuma