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To: Bogie

there was a discussion when the Constitution was being written to make German the national language of the new United States...


378 posted on 03/19/2016 12:28:44 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tennessee Nana
I didn't know that.But, many of the Germans that were with General John Burgoyne, of Saratoga fame,and basicly captured, stayed in America after the revolution. They were not interested in going home.

I think I can understand that.

386 posted on 03/19/2016 1:28:47 PM PDT by Bogie (Just a coincidence?)
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