When visiting San Francisco, many tourists will no doubt take the opportunity to visit Angel Island State Park, a National Historic Landmark since 1997. But as those who visit the island soon find out, the history of Angel island turned rather ugly at the beginning of the twentieth century when it served as an immigrant processing station.
Read MoreThe Angel Island Immigration Museum was a place that served as a detention center for thousands of immigrants between 1910 and 1940. Located almost 5 miles from the Embarcadero de San Francisco, the walls of this place contain pain, however, over time, it has become a beacon of hope.
Read MoreThe San Francisco Coalition, which was formed by inter-ethnic groups to commemorate the 140th anniversary of the Chinese Exclusion Act, came to the Angel Island Immigration Detention Camp yesterday morning to worship ancestors, reflect on history, and advocate the promotion of inter-ethnic unity and tolerance.
Read MoreOn Friday, a number of people took part in a candle-lighting and wreath-laying ceremony at the Angel Island immigration station to commemorate the anniversary.
Read MoreThe 14.3-acre site is one of the country’s more unusual museums, bearing physical witness to a painful side of immigration and anti-Asian racism.
Read MoreHop in the car for this history-making road trip, which spans from LA to SF and stops at many historical monuments and unexpected destinations—all of which spotlight the accomplishments of female Asian American trailblazers.
Read MoreAfter decades sitting abandoned to decay and a near date with the wrecking ball, the Angel Island Immigration Station historic hospital has opened as a museum to the public for the first time -- following a $12 million, 14-year restoration.
Read MoreWhen in 1910 Angel Island was established as an immigration station in the San Francisco Bay, many people from India were among the Chinese and other immigrants there.
Read MoreA new museum nearly 12 years in the making tells both the dark chapters and bright stories of the Angel Island Immigration Station and the hundreds of thousands of mostly Asian immigrants who passed through it in the early 20th century.
Read MoreAfter undergoing a $14 million restoration and renovation that took seven years, the former hospital building at the U.S. Immigration Station at Angel Island has been transformed into the Angel Island Immigration Museum (AIIM).
Read MoreAngel Island State Park and the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation recently opened a new permanent exhibit in the World War II mess hall, Taken From Their Families: Japanese American Incarceration on Angel Island During World War II.
Read MoreOne year ago, the fate of the only ferry service between San Francisco and Angel Island State Park was uncertain. This week, the ferry to the popular state park will continue into the future under an agreement between the state and the Golden Gate Bridge district.
Read MoreGolden Gate Ferry wants to take over the only route from San Francisco to Angel Island State Park as soon as this month and could raise some fares by nearly 60%.
Read MoreSan Francisco’s Del Sol Quartet and the vocal ensemble Volti will give the world premiere of a work inspired by the poems, Huang Ruo’s Angel Island: Oratorio for Voices and String Quartet at the newly renovated Presidio Theatre on Oct. 22.
Read MoreThe Andrew W. Mellon Foundation today announced $15 million in grants supporting 19 projects and organizations through the Foundation’s newly established Humanities in Place program.
Read MoreA short ferry ride from San Francisco or Tiburon, Angel Island is a picturesque destination for hikes or bike rides. But later this fall, the rugged little island will also offer a timely (and free) crash course on U.S. immigration.
Read MoreThe Angel Island Immigration Museum is expected to be officially opened to the public this fall. At present, the museum has been completed, and the exhibition layouts are all in place.
Read MoreAngel Island State Park is much bigger, less expensive and often 10 degrees warmer than its penitentiary brother to the south. But it’s still an underrated Bay Area gem.
Read MoreANTIOCH — Standing at the site of Antioch’s former Chinatown, Mayor Lamar Thorpe and council members on Thursday signed the nation’s first apology to the Chinese and AAPI for wrongs committed against early Chinese immigrants.
Read MoreThe Pomona Assembly Center and Japanese incarceration camps like Manzanar that came later are part of California’s shameful history of immigrant detention, expulsion and exploitation, particularly to those of color. Between 1910 and 1940, hundreds of thousands of immigrants from more than 80 countries came through the Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco Bay for processing, detainment and sometimes interrogation.
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