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Luxembourgish Americans are Americans of Luxembourgish ancestry. According to the United States' 2000 census , there were 45,139 Americans of full or partial Luxembourgish descent. [ 2 ] In 1940, the number of Americans with Luxembourgish ancestry was around 100,000.
The first Luxembourgers to come to Chicago immigrated in either 1842 [2] or 1846 [3] along Ridge Road [4] in Edgewater [5] which was just north of Chicago at the time. In 1871, just after the Great Chicago Fire parishioners of St. Michael's Church in Chicago formed the first Luxembourgish-American organization in the United States, the Luxemburger Unterstützungsverein (Luxembourg Mutual Aid ...
The Luxembourg Brotherhood of America, (L.B.A.) is the oldest Luxembourg-American organization in the United States. It was founded in 1887 as a fraternal organization on Chicago 's south side . Today, it consists of four sections located in the Chicago area and is dedicated to maintaining strong ties between the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and ...
The United States, fighting on the Allied side, contributed to Luxembourg's liberation in World War I and World War II.More than 5,000 American soldiers, including U.S. Army General George S. Patton, are buried at the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial near the capital of Luxembourg City, and there are monuments in many towns to American liberators.
Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial is a Second World War American military war grave cemetery, located in Hamm, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. The cemetery, containing 5,074 American war dead, covers 50.5 acres (20.4 ha) and was dedicated in 1960. It is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission. [1]
American people of Luxembourgian-Jewish descent (4 P) Pages in category "American people of Luxembourgian descent" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
From 1923 until World War II the ambassador to Belgium also served as ambassador to Luxembourg. [4] During World War II the United States maintained diplomatic relations with the Luxembourg government in exile. [5] [6] After World War II, the United States returned to appointing the ambassador to Belgium concurrently as the ambassador to ...
Richard W. Brookins (February 25, 1922 – October 11, 2018) was an American man who, as a soldier during World War II, was chosen to portray Saint Nicholas for the children of Wiltz, Luxembourg. He then became known as "The American St. Nick" and came to represent all of the Americans who helped defend Luxembourg from German forces.