On this date (November 12, 1954) Ellis Island Closed

 

On November 12, 1954, Ellis Island, the gateway to America, shuts it doors after processing more than 12 million immigrants since opening in 1892. Today, tens of millions of Americans can trace their roots through Ellis Island, located in New York Harbor off the New Jersey coast and named for mercha...read more here

A Norwegian woman from the west coast of
Norway poses at Ellis Island for the camera.

Ellis Island, a part of our American Culture and the starting point for our Norwegian ancestors, including my grandparents Paul and Dagmar Sevald(sen).