July 03, 2004
Immigrants Then and Now

Irving Berlin, immigrated from Russia, 1893:

God Bless America.
Land that I love
Stand beside her, and guide her
Thru the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies ,
To the oceans, white with foam
God bless America
My home sweet home.
Reuf Kazic, immigrated from Bosnia, 1998. Profiled in today's Seattle Times:
"I can't say I like everything about America all the time, but I like far more than I hate."

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at July 03, 2004 04:19 PM
Comments

I love my country. It's a simple as that. No amount of drivel from the local or national rags will ever change my love for this great land.

Happy 4th of July.

Excuse me, I have to go wave the flag.

Posted by: Gary B on July 4, 2004 07:19 AM

You know that may Berlin's cohort were so enthusiastic. If you read the bios of the Partisan Review crowd etc they felt that they were in a different world from the rest of the USA and only discovered the positive virtues of "America" after WW2.

Posted by: Michael on July 5, 2004 11:26 AM
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