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First Ellis Island immigrant honored

NEW YORK – The New York grave of an Irish woman who was the first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island has been marked with a Celtic cross.

Clergy members joined Annie Moore's descendants and admirers Saturday in a Queens Cemetery. She died 80 years ago, but her unmarked grave was discovered only two years ago.

Moore was 17 when she arrived in New York from County Cork in 1892. The Irish consul general in New York says she is a symbol for the hundreds of thousands of Irish who settled in New York.

Ellis Island was the gateway to America for more than 12 million immigrants. As many as 5,000 people a day passed through the processing center at its peak in the early 1900s.

Associated Press

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Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

Ellis Island was the gateway to America for more than 12 million immigrants. l

The open borders crowd always talks about how our ancestors came through Ellis Island, so we should give the same chance to foreigners today.

OK, let's give 12 million foreigners the chance to come here.

Oh wait, 25 million foreigners have already legally immigrated since Ellis Island was shut down! They are way over the limit, twice as many in fact!!! We need to deport all illegals and shut down legal immigration.

First Ellis Island immigrant honored

I believe 'remembered' might be a better term or even 'noted'. Why would she be honored for being first to immigrate to the US? Maybe Bush should lower the flag to half-staff.