Ellis Island has been offered for sale on the commercial market a number of times. Fortunately. no such sale was consummated. and the opportunity to convert the island into a national historic site perdured. It was in recognition of our responsibility. and to take advantage of our opportunity that I introduced H.R. 6915. to designate Ellis Island a national historic site. and to initiate a study of the feasibility of providing for a bicentennial exposition there during 1966. commemorating the role of immigration in the growth and development of the United States. On May 11. 1965. Ellis Island was added to the Statue of Liberty National Monument by Presidential proclamation.
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