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Visit the Immigration Vacation Series
Two weeks ago we started the Immigration Vacation series. These are suggestions about where you and your family can go in the New York area and elsewhere in the Northeast to experience our country’s immigration heritage. Here is a list of the articles so far:
Battery Park and Castle Clinton
If your family came to New York before 1892, this is likely where they landed.
The New York State Museum in Albany
Italian and Chinese immigrant life in New York City and the Jewish refugee experience on view in one of the best free museums in the Northeast.
Lowell National Historical Park
Great way for kids to learn the vital role of immigrants in industrialization and labor protection.
Lackawanna Coal Mine and Steamtown
Kids from ages four and up can learn about the tough jobs our immigrant ancestors did.
Old Croton Aqueduct
Nature, exercise, and immigrant history in a park 100 feet wide and 26 miles long.
Irish Hunger Memorial
Some of our ancestors came here for freedom, and some came simply to be able to eat. Some came for both.
The Tenement Museum
Great for teens and ‘tweens. Irish, German, and Jewish life on the Lower East Side.
Tags : immigrant integration, immigration history, immigration vacation
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