Patty and I spent three hours watching the History Channel special, Desperate Crossing, last evening. I typically don’t watch television from 9pm to midnight, but this one was worth it.
Based on my own knowledge of the Pilgrims, I’d say that the story is quite accurate - and told with balance not often not seen before.
If […]
The following excerpt, from a September 16, 2006 New York Times article, continues the newly discovered saga of Annie Moore.
Four generations of descendants of Annie Moore Schayer, the first immigrant to be processed on Ellis Island, gathered yesterday in New York for the first time to celebrate her rediscovery and their own and […]
I blogged a few days ago about the fact that Megan Smolenyak was about to announce who the real Annie Moore actually was.
The New York Times revealed the story today. A great story…
Annie Moore is memorialized by bronze statues in New York Harbor and ireland and cited in story and song as the first […]