Ephawulwa emhlabeni wonke njengophawu lwenkululeko yezombangazwe nentando yeningi, iSitatimende Sokukhululeka sasisipho esivela kubantu baseFrance kubantu base-United States ngokuqaphela ubungane obusungulwa ngesikhathi seMelika Revolution. Umdwebi uFrederic Auguste Bartholdi wayenqunywe ukudweba isithombe ngomnyaka we-1876 engqondweni yokuqedwa, ukukhumbula iminyaka eyikhulu yeSimemezelo Sokuzimela saseMelika.
Kwavunyelwana ukuthi iSitembu singaba umzamo ohlangene phakathi kweMelika neFrance - abantu baseMelika kwakuzokwakha isiteji futhi abantu baseFrance bazoba nesibopho seSitembu nomhlangano wayo e-United States.
Ukukhulisa izimali kwaba yinkinga emazweni womabili, kodwa iSitatimende sagcwaliswa eFrance ngoJulayi ka-1884. Sasithunyelwa e-United States ngaseFrance "u-Isere" futhi safika eNew York Harbor ngoJuni ngo-1885 Ngo-Okthoba 28, 1886, uMongameli uGrover Cleveland wamukela iSitatimende egameni le-United States futhi wathi, "Ngeke sikhohlwe ukuthi ukukhululeka kuye kwenzeni ikhaya."
Isitatimende Sokukhululeka sasibizwa ngokuthi iSikhumbuzo Sikazwelonke (kanye neyunithi yeNational Park Service) ngo-Okthoba 15, 1924. Kwaqala iminyaka eyikhulu ngoJulayi 4, 1986, lesi sithombe sabuyiselwa kakhulu. Namuhla i-World Heritage Site Site engu-58.5-acre (ngo-1984) idonsa izivakashi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezinhlanu ngonyaka.
Umlando we-Ellis Island
Phakathi kuka-1892 no-1954, abagibeli abangaba yizigidi eziyi-12 kanye nabagibeli besigaba samatshumi amathathu ababengena e-United States ngokusebenzisa ichweba laseNew York babehlolwa ngokomthetho futhi behlolwa e-Ellis Island. Ngo-Ephreli 17, 1907 kwaphawula usuku olubuhlungu kakhulu lokuthunyelwa kwabantu abaqoshiwe, okwakuyi-11 747 abafuduki abaye baqhutshwa kulowo mlando wesigodi sokufuduka kwamanye amazwe.
Isiqhingi sase-Ellis sasihlanganiswa njengengxenye yeSitatimende SeMbhishobhi Yenkululeko yamaLungelo ngoMeyi 11, 1965, futhi savulelwa umphakathi ngesisekelo esilinganiselwe phakathi kuka-1976 no-1984. Kusukela ngo-1984, isiqhingi sase-Ellis sathola ukubuyiswa kwezigidi eziyizigidi ezingu-162 emlandweni we-US. Yabuye yavulwa ngo-1990, futhi isakhiwo esiyinhloko e-Ellis Island manje singumamyuziyamu ozinikezelwe emlandweni wokufuduka kanye nendima ebalulekile lesi siqhingi sathi ngesikhathi sokufuduka komuntu ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-19 nelekuqala kwekhulu lama-20. I-museum ithola izivakashi ezingu-2 million ngonyaka.
Ukuhlola Amarekhodi Wokufuduka
Ngo-Ephreli 17, 2001, kwaphawula ukuvulwa kwesikhungo somlando we-American Family Immigration Center e-Ellis Island. Isikhungo, esiseBest Main, siqukethe amarekhodi egciniwe abagibeli abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-22 abafika ePort of New York phakathi kuka-1892 no-1924. Ungacwaninga amarekhodi egibeli emikhumbi eyaletha abafuduki - ngisho nokubona okokuqala kubonakaliswa ngamagama abagibeli.
Izinto Ozozenza Esigodini Sokukhululeka
Abavakashi bangajabulela imisebenzi ehlukahlukene lapho bevakashela iSitembu Sokukhululeka. Esikhathini sesitatimende seLiberty National Monument, izivakashi zingakhuphuka izinyathelo ezingama-354 (izindaba ezingu-22) kumqhele wesitatimende.
(Ngeshwa, ukuvakashelwa phezulu kungasho ukuthi amahora angu-2-3 alinde.) I-pedestal esibheke phambili ibonisa ukubuka okumangalisayo kwe-New York Harbor futhi ingafinyelelwa noma ngokukhuphuka izinyathelo ezingu-192 noma nge-elevator.
Kulabo abanenkinga yesikhashana, ukuvakashelwa embukisweni wemyuziyamu esesiteji sikaSitembu sichaza ukuthi lesi sikhumbuzo sakhiwe kanjani, sakhiwa futhi sibuyiselwe. Ukuvakasha kunikezwa abasebenzi base National Park Service. Futhi, izivakashi zingabuka i-New York Harbor skyline kusukela ezingxenyeni eziphansi zokuhamba ngezinyawo.
Isikhungo Sokwazisa eLiberty Island sibonisa ezinye izindawo eziseNational Park Service endaweni yaseNew York City nasezweni lonke. Ukuze uthole ulwazi mayelana nezinhlelo zamaqembu esikoleni, sicela ubize umxhumanisi wokubhuka ku- (212) 363-3200.
Ukufika ePakini
Isitatimende Sokukhulula Esiqhingini SaseLiberty kanye ne-Ellis Island Immigration Museum e-Ellis Island sise-Lower New York Harbor, okungaphezu kweyure elilodwa ukusuka eMnoth Manhattan. I-Liberty ne-Ellis Islands zifinyeleleka ngensiza kuphela. Amaferi asebenza yiSitembu seLiberty / Ellis Island Ferry, Inc. kusukela kokubili eNew York naseNew Jersey. Basuke eBattery Park eNew York City naseLiberty State Park eJersey City, eNew Jersey. Ithikithi lokuhamba ngesikebhe lihlanganisa ukuvakashelwa kuzo zombili iziqhingi. Ngolwazi lwamanje lwe-ferry, ukuthenga amathikithi okuqhubekayo, nolunye ulwazi oluwusizo, vakashela iwebhusayithi yabo noma uxhumane nabo (212) 269-5755 eNew York no (201) 435-9499 ngolwazi lokuhamba eNew Jersey.
Isikhathi Sokugcina Isikhathi Sokugcina eSitatimendeni Sokukhululeka
Isistimu yokubhuka "isikhathi sokudlula" isetshenziswe yiNational Park Service yezivakashi ezihlela ukungena esikhumulweni. Ukuhamba kwesikhathi kuyatholakala ngaphandle kwezindleko kusuka enkampanini ye-ferry ngokuthenga ithikithi lomkhumbi. Amathikithi angaphambili angalawulwa (okungenani amahora angu-48) ngokubiza inkampani yenkampani ku: 1-866-STATUE4 noma ku-intanethi ku-: www.statuereservations.com
Inani elilinganiselwe lokudlula isikhathi likhona kusukela enkampanini yenkambu ngosuku ngalunye ekufikeni kokuqala, isisekelo sokukhonza kuqala. Ukuhamba kwesikhathi akudingeki ukuvakashela izizathu zeLiberty Island noma umyuziyamu wokufuduka kwe-Ellis Island.
Isiqu Samaqiniso Okukhululeka
Isitatimende Sokukhululeka singamamitha angu-30, u-1 intshi ukusuka emhlabathini kuze kube semphambaneni we-isibani.
Kunamafasitela angu-25 emgqeni ofanekisela amatshe amatshe atholakala emhlabeni nasemisebeni yezulu ekhanya phezu kwezwe.
Imibala eyisikhombisa yomqhele wesitatimende imelela izilwandle eziyisikhombisa namazwekazi emhlabeni wonke.
Ithebhulethi iSitembu sigcina esandleni sayo sesobunxele ifundwa (ngamanani amaRoma) "NgoJulayi 4, 1776."
Ama-ejensi amaningana abe ngabanakekeli abasemthethweni eSitatimendeni Sokukhululeka. Ekuqaleni, i-US Lighthouse Board yayinakekela iSitembu njenge-lighthouse yokuqala yokukhanya kagesi noma "usizo lokuhamba" (1886-1902), ilandelwa uMnyango Wezempi (1902-1933) ku-National Park Service (1933-manje).