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100 Years in America (Vanity)
Vanity
| August 29, 2003
| Lurking Libertarian
Posted on 08/29/2003 9:54:04 AM PDT by Lurking Libertarian
According to the Ellis Island website, today is exactly 100 years to the day that my maternal grandfather landed in America. The ship's manifest described him as an "Austrian Hebrew furrier" (he was from Poland, which was then part of the Austrian Empire), and he had a princely $80 in his pocket.
Please join me in giving thanks for this great land, and in praying that it remains a beacon of freedom and opportunity.
God Bless America!
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: america; anniversary; ellisisland; immigration
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To: Alouette; Yehuda; yonif; SJackson; Nachum; MarkL; Malachi; Bella_Bru
Bumping some FRiends.
To: Lurking Libertarian
My congratulations on your celebrating your grandfather's immigration.
Isn't it amazing how this country takes the poor, downtrodden, unwanted people from other countries and their efforts, and their families efforts, support and enhance America?
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posted on
08/29/2003 9:56:36 AM PDT
by
RandyRep
To: BibChr; Alamo-Girl; Thinkin' Gal; Grand Old Partisan
Pinging some FRiends.
To: Lurking Libertarian
Austrian Hebrew furrierHe was profiled! :)
Congratulations on your family's 100th!
To: Lurking Libertarian
my great grandfather came through Ellis Island from Poland.
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posted on
08/29/2003 9:58:48 AM PDT
by
yonif
("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
To: Lurking Libertarian
Did he do it with federal aid?
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posted on
08/29/2003 10:00:49 AM PDT
by
RLK
To: whattajoke; jlogajan; Ichneumon; Junior; js1138; BMCDA; CobaltBlue; ThinkPlease; PatrickHenry; ...
Bumping my FRiends from the science threads.
To: Lurking Libertarian
Did he ever learn to speak English? As many of the people crashing our borders as we speak, could care less.
To: Lurking Libertarian
Retroactive welcome. Always room for a few more good people.
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posted on
08/29/2003 10:09:38 AM PDT
by
PatrickHenry
(Hic amor, haec patria est.)
To: Lurking Libertarian
Congratulations!
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posted on
08/29/2003 10:24:39 AM PDT
by
CobaltBlue
(Never voted for a Democrat in my life.)
To: Lurking Libertarian
Congratulations; it is hard for us to imagine in this jet age when world travel is cheap and fast the courage it took to go to a strange land leaving your family and friends knowing that most likely you would never see them again.
To: Lurking Libertarian
We should be celebrating, FRiend - we're the lucky ones, to have you... ;)
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posted on
08/29/2003 10:35:48 AM PDT
by
general_re
(Today is a day for firm decisions! Or is it?)
To: Lurking Libertarian
Hip, Hip, Hooray! Congratulations on a great family milestone.
My parents celebrated their 50 year anniversary of coming to America in November, 2001. I am grateful to the many who came before us and built this great nation. My parents fled the communists in Czechoslovakia after WWII, and found safety and freedom in America. May she always be a beacon of freedom and a sanctuary for those in need.
To: general_re
We should be celebrating, FRiend - we're the lucky ones, to have you... ;) (blushing) You're too kind.
To: Lurking Libertarian
Congratulations on your family's first century in America! May the next 100 years be just as good for you and yours.
To: Lurking Libertarian
..."Austrian Hebrew furrier"....Hey! Just like Schwarzenegger!
Except for the Hebrew part, of course.
And the furrier part.
But otherwise...!
todah l'elohim l'chesdo
Dan
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posted on
08/29/2003 10:42:46 AM PDT
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: Lurking Libertarian
My g-g-grandfather came over from Alsace, landing in Galveston in 1869. From family history I knew he was a fastidious dresser and played the piano, I had visions of him being rich or maybe a hint of royalty, till I did more family research and couldn't find his name, nor his 2 brothers on a passenger manifest. Come to find out they were stowaways and had to work off their passage. So much for fancy dreams. Found his grave several years ago in the Bold Springs Cemetery in West, Texas, now a fond memory.
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posted on
08/29/2003 10:49:02 AM PDT
by
ladtx
( "Remember your regiment and follow your officers." Captain Charles May, 2d Dragoons, 9 May 1846)
To: Lurking Libertarian
As a first generation immigrant myself (a quarter century last year), congratulations!
To: Right Wing Professor
America needs more like you, RWP. Congratulations!
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