Places in Galicia
Arriving From Galicia
Many times I tried to imagine what my grandmother and other relatives from Galicia saw when entering the New York harbor. My grandmother described being overwhelmed and choked up upon passing the Statue of Liberty from her ship, the U.S.S. Gothland. My grandfather travelled from his Galician shtetl of Suchostaw on the U.S.S. Volturno. Now, whenever I pass through the New York harbor and see the statue, I feel choked up with the knowledge that I wouldn’t exist had it not been for my grandparents’ journey.