Indeed. Let each of us remember his heritage in the century between 1820 and 1920. some as we reflect on this excerpt from the four and a quarter million Irish came to Presidents masterpiece of 5 years ago: Americamost of these between 1820 and 1860. Most of the Irish settled in the great A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS cities of the North and provided a laboring (By John P. Kennedy) force to meet the needs of a rapidly expand(Five years ago the junior Senator from ing industrial economy. Many worked in Massachusetts wrote an eloquent plea for a factories and many others left Ireland when change In the restrictive immigration policy offered jobs by the builders of the new Amerof the United States. In a pamphlet called lcan railroads and canals. The Irish were among the first to meet the hostility of an already established group of "Americans." It was not long before employment circulars included the phrase. "No Irish need apply." It is not unusual for people to fear and distrust that which they are not familiar with.
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