Sunday, May 8, 2005

The Secret of Angel Island

Just like Ellis Island was the entry point for European immigrants to America, the San Francisco Bay Area's Angel Island was the entry point for hundreds of thousands of Asian immigrants in the early 1900s, especially Chinese. Over the decades, the station was neglected and fell into disrepair. That changed in 2005. The Immigration Station was finally restored, and it couldn't have happened if not for one man who unveiled a long-forgotten secret.

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