I would like to thank all of those Members who have worked hard on this initiative. my friend and colleague from New York PETER KING. as well as our two distinguished senators from New York. S. 1408 would establish the Lower East Side Tenement Museum in New York as a national historic site. and create an affiliation between it and the National Park Service. The tenement museum. a private. nonprofit organization founded in 1988 by president Ruth Abram. is devoted to preserving the history of Americas urban workingclass immigrants. After considerable research and labor. apartments have been restored and reconstructed to reflect the lives of actual tenants. The Lower East Side Tenement Museum serves as a window to Americas immigrant past. Visitors are introduced to the daily lives and community building efforts of immigrant families from over 20 nations who owned. resided. or kept shops in the tenement buildings at that time. Affiliated status would allow the National Park Service to join with the museum to develop joint programs. with the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island for example. which could only enhance the visitors experience. This building is the first tenement in the Nation to be preserved as a historic site. and represents a unique opportunity for the public to interpret his rich cultural heritage. which has contributed to the very fabric in the formation of America.
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