December 2, 2024
Tag: Castle Garden New York
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Castle Garden, the Gateway to Ellis Island
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America’s welcome mat at Ellis Island in New York was for refugees — from hunger, political unrest, or poverty. While before 1890 the states controlled immigration, in 1890 the federal government took control through the Departments of Commerce, Labor, and (in 1940) Justice. Ellis Island wasn’t the only federal immigration center, but it was the…
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June 28, 2020 1 Comment
Composed by Walter Kent, 1941Lyrics by Nat BurtonFirst recording by vocalist Vera Lynn IN MEMORIUMVera Lynn1917-2020The Voice of England’s Unofficial HymnThe White Cliff of Dover There’ll be bluebirds overThe white cliffs of Dover, Tomorrow, just you wait and see.There’ll be love and laughterAnd peace ever after.Tomorrow, when the world is free.The shepherd will tend his […]