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Maraya1969

(22,464 posts) Sun Jan 29, 2017, 05:44 AM Jan 2017

Found on Twitter

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Found on Twitter (Original Post) Maraya1969 Jan 2017 OP

Yes..great find...thank for posting this... Stuart G Jan 2017 #1

My great-great-grandparents came to USA to escape Napoleon. manicraven Jan 2017 #2

My grandparents arrived Bob Loblaw Jan 2017 #3

Stuart G

(38,414 posts)

1. Yes..great find...thank for posting this...

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Sun Jan 29, 2017, 05:57 AM

Jan 2017

My grandfather came to the U.S.A about one hundred and 7 years ago..and here I am.. He and grandma came to escape tyranny ..So ...here I am...I am in those arms too..

manicraven

(901 posts)

2. My great-great-grandparents came to USA to escape Napoleon.

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Sun Jan 29, 2017, 06:24 AM

Jan 2017

Other grandparents came to escape famine and others came with the Puritans. I'm descended from immigrants, and most citizens are, but they forget.

Bob Loblaw

(1,900 posts)

3. My grandparents arrived

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Sun Jan 29, 2017, 07:36 AM

Jan 2017

in the early twenties. Three sons fought in Europe in WWII. All of them and the rest of their children made quiet but important contributions to the fabric of this nation. Screw President Biff.

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