History Department Goes to Liberty & Ellis Islands

The History Department joined the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies for a trip to Liberty & Ellis Island on Friday to discover the immigration stories from Eastern Europe and beyond! Dr. David Gerlach, director of the center, traced his own family story, finding records of his great grandfather’s journey from Poland in 1907. Students had beautiful weather to enjoy the ferry ride from Liberty State Park to Liberty Island and the National Museum of Immigration on Ellis Island.