Since 1973, the Ellis Island Oral History Project has been dedicated to preserving the first-hand recollections of immigrants who passed through the Ellis Island immigration station between 1892 and 1954 and the employees who worked there.
Over the years, the project has grown to include approximately 2000 interviews. The interviews include people from dozens of countries, former Immigration and Public Health Service employees, military personnel stationed at Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty as well as people detained at Ellis Island during World War II until it closed in 1954.
Which best describes the central idea of this paragraph?
The Ellis Island Oral History Project is important, because it helps us understand what it was like to be at Ellis Island during a specific period in history.
The Ellis Island Oral History Project is important, because it helps us understand that immigrants had an easy time when first coming to the US.
The Ellis Island Oral History Project is not important, because it is from second-hand accounts.
The Ellis Island Oral History Project is not important, because it includes very few interviews.
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The Ellis Island Oral History Project is important, because it helps us understand what it was like to be at Ellis Island during a specific period in history.
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