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Early Itallian immigrants to the US.99

Italian Immigration to America - 1850s

Immigration from Italy and the rest of Europe beginning in the 1950s for 50 years hence is known as THE SECOND WAVE of European Immigration. America was not even 100 years old yet in 1850!

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ELLIS ISLAND: GATEWAY TO AMERICA

This may be hard to believe but it’s true:  9 percent of the population of Norway relocated to the United States during the 1880’s. And that was just the beginning. Another 27 million immigrants arrived...

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A First-Timer's Guide to Visiting Vegas

So you want to go to Las Vegas. Let me give you some advice. Better yet, some tips to preparing for the trip and the scoop on the best places to go while you’re on your vaca in Vegas. But before, you have...

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Irish Immigrants

                                                  The Potato Blight of 1845 caused an insurgence of Irish immigrants to come to America....

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Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty - Gateway to America

Nearly 1/2 of all Americans had a family member emigrate to the United States through Ellis Island. From 1892 - 1954, more than 12 million people came to America by way of the small island in the Upper New...

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America's Next Top Model Cycle 12 Episode 4 Hardly Strikes a Pose

Tahlia's big huge boost of confidence. And the backstabbing begins!  The fourth episode of cycle 12 starts off with showing Sandra’s winning picture from the tour-bus shoot in the house since she was...

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Cheap Things To Do In Las Vegas

When most people think of Las Vegas, they think of long nights, a lot of drinks and a lot of gambling. What if you want to go to Las Vegas, but think that you don't have the money to have a good time? Fear...

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An Icon of New York Style: The Chrysler building

New York, the big apple, the city that never sleeps, portal to a new world full of promise and hope. Claiming to its name Ellis Island, doorway for immigrants, the Statue of Liberty, beacon for the tired, the...

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Land of Opportunity

ELLIS ISLAND 1905 This article 'Land of Opportunity' will, hopefully, shed more light onto the reason why the Native American lost their land and their way of life. Although the reason does never justify the...

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BACK ROADS

                                                        BACK ROADS PROLOG As we meander through the back roads of my mind, I always felt I had all the...

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