c5c6fea75a Nearly half of all Turners fought in the Civil War, mostly on the Union side, and a special group served as bodyguards for President Lincoln. United States Census Bureau. Like the Amish, they fled persecution for their religious beliefs, and came to the United States in 1870. Hawgood, John. ^ Ralph Wood (ed.), The Pennsylvania Germans, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press ^ Patrick Foster, Studebaker: The Complete History (2008) ^ David Hackett Fischer, Washington's Crossing (2004); Edward J. In this sectionThe silent minority Rolling out the welcome mat Going where they are wanted A brain in charge of the brawn Christie to the rescue Vans of the rich and gridlocked Beware of Greeks bearing snifters The lolly and the Ivies Fun on a budget Reprints German-Americans are Americas largest single ethnic group (if you divide Hispanics into Mexican-Americans, Cuban-Americans, etc). ^ "Mother Tongue of the Foreign-Born Population: 1910 to 1940, 1960, and 1970".
Their insistence on separate churches, schools, newspapers, neighborhoods, villages all using German language exclusively caused distrust, hatred and even riots. "Latin farmer" or Latin Settlement is the designation of several settlements founded by some of the Dreissiger and other refugees from Europe after rebellions like the Frankfurter Wachensturm beginning in the 1830spredominantly in Texas and Missouri, but also in other US statesin which German intellectuals (freethinkers, German: Freidenker, and Latinists) met together to devote themselves to the German literature, philosophy, science, classical music, and the Latin language. At the local level, historians have explored the changing voting behavior of the German-American community and one of its major strongholds, St. The Llano valley had stern, teetotaling German Methodists, who renounced dancing and fraternal organizations; the Pedernales valley had fun-loving, hardworking Lutherans and Catholics who enjoyed drinking and dancing; and the Guadalupe valley had freethinking Germans descended from intellectual political refugees. A Nation of Peoples (1999) 33036. Published: (1901) .. Other early immigrants who could not afford to come on their own came as indentured servants, or were recruited by various enter RichFsr says: December 22, 2014 at 3:47 pm Racist? Who said anything about racism except you? If anybody is racist, its you.
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