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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXMK_the-american-immigrant-wall-of-honor_Jersey-City-NY.html
The American Immigrant Wall of Honor ?celebrates the peopling of America.
The names of individuals and familiesare inscribed on the wall for posterity as gifts of remembrance through donations made to restore and maintain Ellis Island.
The c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXAJ_fort-gibson-oyster-banks-to-batteries_Jersey-City-NY.html
The earliest fort on this site was built in 1794. Great Britain's navy had been seizing American merchant ships and forcing their sailors into service on British vessels. Congress decided that the nation's most important harbors should be defended…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXAI_fort-gibson-ammunition-to-immigration_Jersey-City-NY.html
In the decades following the War of 1812, Fort Gibson continued to be used as a military installation. Large magazines were built to store explosive black powder, which was too unstable to be kept at the Navy Yard in Brooklyn. During the Civil War…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX9W_fort-gibson-the-new-york-harbor-system_Jersey-City-NY.html
Fort Gibson was among 40 forts constructed between 1794 and 1812 in the United States. All were built during threats of war resulting from attacks on American shipping by Great Britain and France, two dominant powers of the 18th and 19th centuries…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX9V_fort-gibson-defending-the-approaches_Jersey-City-NY.html
The fort that stood here on Ellis Island was part of two defensive triangles which made it almost impossible for enemy ships to approach New York City. Any ship entering the upper harbor first had to pass the guns of Fort Wood on Liberty Island an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX9K_fort-gibson-uncovering-the-past_Jersey-City-NY.html
If you were standing here in 1812, you would be looking at the exterior wall of Fort Gibson, which was five and a half feet thick and sixteen feet high. What you see now are the remains of that wall's lower half. These remains, which continue seve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX9J_fort-gibson-the-other-ellis-island-story_Jersey-City-NY.html
The stones you see here reveal yet another layer of the story of Ellis Island. This is the story of Fort Gibson, one of the earliest forts built after the American Revolution to protect New York Harbor. Discovered during the excavations for the Am…