{"id":5623,"date":"2009-08-19T23:16:15","date_gmt":"2009-08-20T06:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=5623"},"modified":"2016-05-24T16:03:08","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T23:03:08","slug":"at-castle-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/5623","title":{"rendered":"At Castle Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perhaps the most famous immigrant processing center in the United States is Ellis Island which officially opened on 01 January 1892\u00c2\u00a0after the US Federal Government assumed responsibility for processing immigrants.<\/p>\n

Before that, Castle Garden, operated by the State of New York,\u00a0was used for processing immigrants, a function it performed from 1855 to 1890.<\/p>\n

Castle Garden was originally known as West Battery when it opened in 1811. In 1815, the fort was renamed Castle Clinton after the mayor of New York City, Dewitt Clinton. The facility was renamed again in 1824, at which time it assumed the name Castle Garden and was used first\u00c2\u00a0for entertainment and, later, for processing immigrants. Today, the structure is the departure site for trips to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, and is once again known as Castle Clinton.<\/p>\n

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Lisa Alzo and Steve Danko at Castle Garden<\/p><\/div>\n

SOURCE: Lisa Alzo and Steve Danko at Castle Garden (Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York, USA). Photographed by Matthew Bielawa for Stephen J. Danko on 09 August 2009.<\/p>\n

After the 2009 Seminar of the Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut and the Northeast, Lisa Alzo, Brian Lenius and his wife Marilyn, Jonathan Shea, Matthew Bielawa, and I visited Castle Garden and Ellis Island. Matthew snapped this shot of fellow genealogy blogger Lisa Alzo and me.<\/p>\n

It seems that Lisa and I were channeling each other recently because\u00c2\u00a0each of us posted photos of three unknown men in uniform that we had found in\u00c2\u00a0the photo collections of our respective families. My post is entitled Three Men in Uniform<\/a> and Lisa’s post is Family Mystery Photo<\/a>. Perhaps we should just consider these photos the first installment of the Carnival of\u00c2\u00a0Mystery Men in Uniform.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2009 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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