The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a 50 year old non-profit organization with more than 270,000 members, has listed Ellis Island on a list of the nation’s 11 most endangered historic places. Ellis Island served as the main immigration processing center in the country from 1892 to 1954. More than 40% of all Americans can trace their ancestry to Ellis Island immigrants.
In 1990, Ellis Island was reopened as the Ellis Island Immigration Museum and is part of the National Park Service’s Statue of Liberty Monument. The National Trust said a lack of funding from the National Park Service has led to poor maintenance and many buildings on the island falling into disrepair.
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