Ellis Island, immigration and Indiana: encore

<table border="0" width="667" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" width="667"> <p><img src="http://hoosierhistorylive.org/images/email-header.png" alt="" width="626" height="157" /></p> <p>Saturdays, noon to 1 p.m. ET on WICR 88.7 FM.<br /> Or stream audio live from <em>anywhere</em> on <a href= "https://tunein.com/radio/The-Diamond-WICR-887-s29521/"><strong>WICR Online</strong></a>!<br /> You can listen to recent shows by clicking the podcast links below, or check out our <a href= "http://hoosierhistorylive.org/mail/index.html"><strong>extensive archive of past shows available as podcasts</strong></a>.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">June 13, 2020</p> <h2 align="center"><strong>Ellis Island, immigration and Indiana: encore</strong></h2> <p align="center"><strong><em><a href= "http://hoosierhistorylive.org/audio/2020-06-13-Ellis-Island-immigration-and-Indiana-encore.mp3"> Click here to listen to the podcast</a></em></strong>.</p> <div align="center"> <p align="center"> </p> </div> <p dir="ltr"><strong><a href= "https://www.nps.gov/elis/index.htm"><img src= "http://hoosierhistorylive.org/images/Benjamin-Harrison-Ellis-Island.PNG" alt= "The administration of President Benjamin Harrison oversaw the planning and construction of Ellis Island, to which many Americans trace their immigrant roots. " width="235" height="396" align="right" />Ellis Island</a></strong> - the "gateway to America" for generations of immigrants - is located in New York Harbor, of course, hundreds of miles from Indiana. Even so, a little historical sleuthing reveals various connections between Ellis Island and the Hoosier state, and it is these connections which will be the focus of this encore broadcast of a show that originally aired in 2018.</p> <p dir="ltr">The receiving station for aspiring Americans now celebrated as an iconic aspect of our shared history opened on Ellis Island in 1892 during the administration of <strong><a href= "https://www.whitehouse.gov/ab