Angel Island Association (AIA) is committed to preserving and restoring the historical and natural resources in Angel Island State Park (AISP) and ensuring that our beloved Park remains open and accessible, and receiving proper maintenance and care, for all of us to enjoy for years to come.  That’s why AIA has joined a statewide effort [...]

• Full story: Angel Island Association Supports Proposition 21 to Ensure a Healthy Future for Angel Island State Park

Terry O’Neill and Joy Spicer, the high bidders at the Angel Island Association (AIA)’s 4th Annual Angel Lights Benefit spent a spectacular July 4th weekend at Angel Island State Park’s (AISP) Civil War era Camp Reynolds.  Terry was joined by her husband Paul Nargiz and Joy was accompanied by her partner Corrine MacDonald.
It was a [...]

• Full story: 4th of July at Camp Reynolds

Earlier this year, Chase created an entirely new approach to corporate philanthropy. The program, Chase Community Giving, let people decide where Chase donated $5 million. Over 500,000 charities from across the country were involved — the results were extraordinary. Thanks to the involvement of people like you, 100 charities in 31 states received donations from [...]

• Full story: Chase Community Giving – Vote Now!

With concern mounting over threats to the Bay Area from Confederate sympathizers and naval forces, the Federal Government established Camp Reynolds (later known as the West Garrison when the whole island was Fort McDowell) on Angel Island in 1863.
Every year for just one weekend cannons and muskets boom out on Angel Island reenacting the life [...]

• Full story: Civil War Days: Living History

“Inspiring, amazing, once in a lifetime experience, spectacular –  how does this happen in real life?” were just a few of the words used to describe the “40 Miles in 4 Days” event.  Eleven family and friends, from Oregon and California, hiked and ran between 40 to 45 miles on the trails of Angel Island [...]

• Full story: 40 Miles in 4 Days – Amazing!

Over 300 volunteers from the tourism industry descended on Angel Island this past Friday to make repairs, paint, pull weeds, cut and stack wood, tasks that the cash-poor park has not been able to perform.  Members of the group Tourism Cares, made up of tourism professionals, spent the entire day working on the island, which [...]

• Full story: Volunteers from Tourism Industry Care for Angel Island

May 23rd thru May 26th a dozen family and friends will gather from multiple states to hike, run, and perhaps even crawl 40 miles in 4 days to raise funds and awareness in support of Angel Island State Park (AISP).  The event starts on Angel Island, then continues on to trails through the Marin Headlands, including the [...]

• Full story: Supporting Angel Island State Park

Last week, President Barack Obama signed a proclamation marking May as Asian American and Pacfiic Islander Heritage Month and recognizing the 100th anniversary of Angel Island’s Immigration Station, “a milestone that reminds us of an unjust time in our history.”
President Obama described “harsh interrogations … and crowded, unsanitary barracks” at the station that is [...]

• Full story: A Celebration – 100th Anniversary

Each year April 22nd, marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement called “Earth Day,” a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment. Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, proposed the first nationwide environmental protest “to shake up the political establishment and [...]

• Full story: Angel Island Celebrates “Earth Day”

Reopened to the public in February 2009, after an extensive renovation which started in August 2005, Angel Island’s United States Immigration Station (USIS) will be temporarily closed May 10 thru 25th, to complete Phase I of the restoration project.
The closure will not affect other historic sites, ferry service or park concessions.
We thank you for your [...]

• Full story: United States Immigration Station Temporary Closure