The week before Erin started 2nd grade, I took off from work so the two of us could have some adventures before she started school. On one of those days, we took the ferry to see the
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. I had been to Ellis Island years before with my mom right after it had re-opened as a museum, but Erin had never been to either park. We were both impressed by Lady Liberty, but Ellis Island was a much more emotional journey for us. We have family that came through the island on their way to America, and just knowing that we were walking where they were was an incredible feeling. Erin loved seeing the different exhibits and listening to the recordings of passengers that had lived through that experience. We also saw a picture of people from my Grandmother Ethel's village in Ukraine, Proskurov, after a
pogrom that she had survived. Even though she wasn't quite 7, Erin was able to understand how important Ellis Island was and came away from the visit with a good feeling for what it was like to go through that experience.
No comments:
Post a Comment