Annie Moore - New York, NY
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A statue located in the east wing lower level of the National Immigration Museum on Ellis Island.
Waymark Code: WMTVKY
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 01/10/2017
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The statue seems to be made of bronze and is elevated on a granite pedestal. It's located inside the Immigration Museum on the east wing lower level. It's a stop on the audio tour number 813.
The plaque at the base says, "Annie Moore
First immigrant processes at Ellis Island
January 1, 1892
Unveiled by
The President of Ireland
Mary Robinson
A gift to
The people of the United States of America
from the Irish American Cultural Institute
John P. Walsh, Chairman
May 17, 1993
Sculptor: Jeanne Rynhart, County Cork"
The sign on the right hand side of the sculpture says, "Annie Moore
1877-1923
On January 1, 1892, fifteen year old Annie Moore became the first immigrant to enter the United State though the new Ellis Island Immigration Station. Ten days earlier Annie and her two brothers left County Cork, Ireland and sailed in storage class on the steamship Nevada. Their parents had come over a few years earlier. Upon arrival, she was treated by the Untied States Immigration Superintendent John Weber who gave her a ten dollar gold coin to commemorate the occasion.
Annie married Joseph Augustus Schayer in 1895 and died at age 47 from a brain aneurism. She is burred with several of her children in Calvary Cemetery in Queens County, New York City."
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