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Happy Angel Island Day!
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
To honor the 100th Anniversary of the Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco Bay, President Obama officially declared January 21 “National Angel Island Day”:
“One hundred years ago, the Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco Bay opened for the first time, and an important chapter of the American narrative began. It would be written by those who walked through the station’s doors over the next three decades. From the cities, villages, and farms of their birth, they journeyed across the Pacific, seeking better lives for themselves and their children. Many arrived at Angel Island, weary but hopeful, only to be unjustly confined for months or, in some cases, years. As we remember their struggle, we honor all who have been drawn to America by dreams of limitless opportunity…” read the rest of the proclamation at whitehouse.gov >>>