Visited: Saturday, April 2, 2016
Both Megan and I had been to the Stature of Liberty before - over 30 years before - at a point when continuing on to Ellis Island after wasn't an option. It was still very impressive to see the statue up close again - and the ranger who lead a talk about the statue was excellent, giving insight into the groups (women and African Americans) who felt left out of the promise of liberty.
Ellis Island was fascinating. We took the hard hat tour, and it was excellent - it's the only way to get to see the hospitals, which are really fascinating; the infectious disease ward has held up better than the general hospital, but both are very interesting places. The care afforded immigrants was really quite impressive - while there was a desire to not let diseases into the country, there really wasn't a desire to punish folks for being ill - just a desire to heal them.
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