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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 post “Undiscovered History”: 120 Interesting Pictures From The Past first appeared on Bored Panda. ... #28 American Woman Welders During World War II. Image credits: undiscoveredh1story
Image credits: Vestiges of History Family stories are rarely one type or another. When you look at a photo, you might start talking about a beach vacation, but the conversation could lead to the ...
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.
The Great Depression was the worst economic crisis in US history. More than 15 million Americans were left jobless and unemployment reached 25%. 25 vintage photos show how desperate and desolate ...