In 1916 my grandmother Sadie ( pictured in her wedding picture) came to America via Ellis Island in hope for a new life. She wanted to come to a place where Freedom rained and where opportunity lead to dreams paved with milk and honey. Almost 100 years later our children will experience the same dreams and hopes that our ancestors who came through Ellis Island fought for. They will have every opportunity that they cam dream of. Like our ancestors, they came from a far distant land and traveled many miles to the arms and hearts of a free land.
Sunday my family decided to take Emilee to the same Island that her Great Grandmother first stepped on to begin her journey of a new life. We hope that Emilee will one day TRULY understand and appreciate what is means to be an American.
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