Spirits will live on at Ellis Island museum // `The Soul of America' is being revived Series: AMERICA'S MATRON SAINT

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: April 8, 1986| Author: | Copyright information

Third of four articles NEW YORK No, of course there are no ghosts. But how do you explain the millions of them at Ellis Island?

They glide through buildings and pass over collapsed docks and limp up stairs. They fade in and out of the peeling walls. The salt air of New York Harbor barely hides them.

And what about all those misty voices, in 100 languages, echoing in the island's Great Hall?

Ellis Island may have a ghost for each of its 17 million immigrants. There's no way to wipe away even a wisp of the island's lingering passion. It is the all-American place with roots, the great ...

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