17 September 2007

ELLIS ISLAND

If you haven't been to Ellis Island, the place through which a hell of a lot of our ancestors came into this country - making them legal aliens, I might add - then you're certainly m,issing out on a piece of American hiostory every bit as important as Washington, DC and its memorials.

Anyway, about half of the place was refurbished and Arrow (the shirt people) donated a bunch of money to start finishing up the section that is quite rapidly decaying.

Take a look HERE what you can do to help.

I'm only second generation in the US - my dad was born here, but my grandparents come from Ireland, so I guess I feel closer to it than some of my WASP buddies, but this is and iconic American institution and deserves to be restored.

Check it out.

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