Founded just 6 months after the First World War. the society concentrated its efforts on healing the wounds of war and the reestablishment of good relations with the new government and people of defeated Germany. As the flames of war subsided. Congress was considering the creation of a law to control immigration. The Steuben Society raised its voice then and assisted in obtaining a generous quota for German immigrants. Since this first law in 1923. the society has participated actively in discussions on every revision to the present. including passage of the special Emergency Relief Act of The Steuben Society stands for the pride of ancestry that places each ethnic groups strength into the melting pot that is America. These diverse heritages are woven into the American heritage and blend to become a force of democracy unequaled in the world today.
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