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Governors Island National MonumentThis collage of images featuring Castle Williams stonework and an aerial of Fort Jay highlights the artistic quality of fortifications.
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Governors Island National Monument
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Transfer of Governors Island, January 31, 2003

Presidential Proclamation establishing Governors Island National Monument as a unit of the National Park Service, February 7, 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
German immigrant family  

Did You Know?
In 1860, nearly half of the enlisted men stationed on Governors Island had immigrated to New York from either Ireland or Germany. Immigrants also took their first jobs "off the boat" as maids and servants in the officers' homes on the island.

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