{"id":8494,"date":"2023-07-01T11:02:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T15:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/wordpress\/?p=8494"},"modified":"2023-07-01T11:07:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T15:07:37","slug":"red-star-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/wordpress\/red-star-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Star Line Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emigration to America<\/h2>\n

A couple of years ago while visiting friends in Belgium we drove a short distance from Brussels to the nearby port city of Antwerp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Antwerp is Belgium’s second largest city. It’s situated along the Schedt River which empties into the North Sea which is turn connects to the Atlantic Ocean.
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One of the world’s biggest ports, Antwerp handles more cargo than any other port in Europe except nearby Rotterdam. Seeing the inviting waterfront surrounding us, we took a very pleasant sightseeing boat ride on the Sheldt.<\/center><\/p>\n
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After our sightseeing excursion, we explored the streets of Antwerp and stumbled upon the Red Star Line Museum<\/b>.<\/p>\n

The Red Star Line was a shipping company that operated between Antwerp and the eastern seaboard of the USA and Canada. Throughout Europe they advertised their routes and from 1873 to 1934 – sixty years – Antwerp was a center for emigration from the continent. Emigrants from Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Netherlands, France, Italy and other countries traveled to Antwerp to board the ships bound for North America.<\/p>\n

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More than two million Europeans were passengers on the Red Star Line steamships from Antwerp to America’s large metropolitan centers – New York, Philadelphia, Boston. Paintings and displays in the museum depict the many travelers in Antwerp’s streets preparing for the long and challenging journey across the ocean to a destination that promised them a new, brighter future.<\/p>\n
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On display are curated personal belongings – clothing, suitcases, diaries, photographs, jewelry, toys – that punctuate the stories of individuals and families who decided to leave their homeland hoping for a better life.<\/p>\n

For me, the Red Star Line Museum highlighted the overwhelming struggle that millions of individuals experienced reaching for a better future by having to brave the unknowns of emigrating to America.<\/p>\n

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If you’re interested in learning more, here’s the link to the Red Star Line Museum<\/a> in Antwerp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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