Weir Here in Utah: New York Remembered

Last summer I went on a trip to New York with other history teachers from my school district. We focused on immigration and visited many places related to that topic.

This is a view of the New York skyline from the ferry before we went to Ellis Island.

The visit to Ellis Island was one of the highlights of the trip.

This is the Great Hall where the immigrants stood in line to be examined and questioned.

This exhibit of suitcases made me think of impoverished people bringing all their possessions in one suitcase or basket.

I was excited to see the Statue of Liberty as the immigrants would have.

We ate lunch here--the best sandwich I had ever eaten. The coleslaw was in the sandwich. Yum!

Tuesday night, 12 of us went to the Yankees game, hoping to see Alex Rodriguez hit his 600th home run. He might have done it, but the player before him made the third out in the the ninth inning. He hit the 600th run the next day.

I was crazy about the tenement buildings. There were so many styles and colors. The tenement museum was fascinating. Part of the tour was a walk around the block where we were able to see a dancing dragon.

We took a walk around Central Park and saw John Lennon's "Imagine" medallion.

Pools and fountains. (I loved the big sailboats.)

We also visited the elegant Grand Central Terminal

And the not so elegant, but fun, M & M store

Earlene Smith, far left, and I teach together.

We didn't go to the Letterman show, but got a picture nevertheless.

Busy, busy Times Square

Thursday we took a walk across Brooklyn Bridge.

View of the next bridge.

We visited Wall Street--The Federal Building where George Washington was inaugurated, The Trinity Church (made famous in National Treasure), and saw the Stock Exchange.