To: Ace's Dad
Pretty much everyone who came here in the 17th and 18th century was fleeing religious persecution. Imagine coming over in those tiny leaky boats to a totally brand new place.
22 posted on
07/16/2016 10:29:27 AM PDT by
Mercat
(Boredom is a problem on the inside. And happiness, too, is an inside job.)
To: Mercat
My mother knew her grandfather from Holland. She remembers that he forbade the speaking of Dutch, because that was the “old way!” And the old way was bad! That was not so long ago.
29 posted on
07/16/2016 12:44:50 PM PDT by
Ace's Dad
("World English" spoken and written here. European Ethnics are the superior race!)
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