Posted on 03/28/2008 3:27:03 PM PDT by nuconvert
WTF are you talking about? Where in either of my posts do I show hate for anyone? Im going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you didnt mean to reply to me. Read my posts again and youll see Im in favor of immigrant soldiers.
I wasn’t accusing you of anything. I was copying you on my post to BabaOReally because I agreed with your opinion and wanted to support it.
Thank you for the clarification. I was scratching my head head there for a minute.
Pax
“...The Irish fought the Civil War on the Northern side,...”
And for that matter quite a few Irish fought on the Southern side. A large number of Irish immigrated into New Orleans in the 1840s and 1850s. Many worked on the docks. From there they spread up the Mississippi and its tributaries.
I welcome these new Americans and hope that they are treated better than the Irish born American veterans were treated during the several decades after the War between the States had ended.
The Irish who fought for the south often went to Mexico, having no rights as an American to restore. They often sang round the camp fires “Green Grow the Lilies”. They became known as Gringos.
I have also heard this explanation of the term “Gringo”. A few times when Hispanic folks referred to me (an American with Irish born ancestors) as an “Anglo”. I corrected them and said “Gringo, not Anglo”. They did not get it at all.
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