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Between 1847 and 1849 when Belgium was plagued with disease and economic hardship, 6,000–7,000 Belgians a year arrived in the United States. Antwerp, Belgium also one of the largest ports for immigration to America, and regular Red Star Line ships connected the port with the United States and Canada. [citation needed]
European immigration to the Americas was one of the largest migratory movements in human history. Between the years 1492 and 1930, more than 60 million Europeans immigrated to the American continent. Between 1492 and 1820, approximately 2.6 million Europeans immigrated to the Americas, of whom just under 50% were British, 40% were Spanish or ...
"Kilkelly, Ireland" is a contemporary ballad composed by American songwriter Peter Jones. It tells the story of an Irish family whose son emigrated to America, via a series of letters sent from the father back in Kilkelly. It has five stanzas, covering the period from 1860 to 1892.
Northeast Wisconsin saw a huge influx of immigrants from Belgium in the mid-1800s. It began in 1852 when two Belgian families decided to make the move to America. They were unhappy with the Belgian monarchy, and sought what is now known as the "American dream." [1] Belgians then flooded Brown, Door, and Kewaunee counties.
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The film was narrated by American actor Michael Murphy. The production was nominated for two News and Documentary Emmy Awards , for Outstanding Historical Programming, and in the category of Outstanding Achievement in a Craft in News and Documentary Programming - Editing, with the latter of the two nominations winning, in 1999.
President-elect Donald Trump promised mass deportation on the campaign trail, and while the scale of it remains vague, the elements of the plan are an unlikely call back to former President Barack ...
The song is a prime example of the "Irish rebel music" subgenre. The song's narrator dreams of a time when Ireland will be, as the title suggests, a free land, with "our fetters rent in twain". The lyrics exhort Irish people to stand up and fight for their land: "And righteous men must make our land a nation once again".