October 23, 2026
Tag: Ellis Island
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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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May 30, 2023 3 Comments
We know how “cookie cutter” stadiums complicated the marriage of baseball and football in the mid-20th century. Here’s the rest of the story.