I would like to reflect on the contributions which those of German ancestry have made to our great Nation. I feel that the contribution of those of German nationality to the melting pot out of which our country was formed has been very significant to the development. growth. and strength of the United States. The Germans. like many of the early immigrants who colonized our Nation. came to this country to escape the religious persecution and economic hardships which they faced In Europe and were. thus. outspoken in their advocacy of religious and human freedoms and industrious contributors to the economic strength of their communities. The German settlers in Pennsylvania drew up the first protest ever voiced against Negro slavery in America. The many skilled workmen in this group of German settlers made a distinctive contribution to the industrial growth of the colony of Pennsylvania.
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