[Mr. Mojo]

In a town once predominantly Eastern European but now mostly Mexican...

And did those Eastern European immigrants ever fly the flags of their former countries while in Cicero? Nope. Why? Because they were proud to be Americans in every sense of the word, and thankful to be out of their former prisons.

The residents (both legal and illegal) who insist on flying Mexican flags are a disgrace to our land, and should exit post haste.

[muawiyah]

Actually, most of them arrived in the United States when it was still "Austria-Hungary" or Poland. By the time they had enough money to buy a flag (undoubtedly not the first priority of immigrants) it was a all a bunch of other places.

Then a whole lot of history began and for Eastern European origin people the United States became HOLY GROUND, and whatever else they might have thought about exile in this distant and very foreign country, their minds were transformed in an instant.

[DryFly]

Seems to me that Cicero is right there close by to Skokie. Hmmmm....

Auslander Raus!

[Polybius]

And did those Eastern European immigrants ever fly the flags of their former countries while in Cicero? Nope. Why? Because they were proud to be Americans in every sense of the word

Most likely, yes, they did, just as immigrants and their children and grandchildren do in the rest of the U.S., generations after they left the Old Country.

You are creating imaginary immigrants to populate an imaginary America that never existed.

Lithuanian Flag raised in Downtown Chicago ...... To commemorate Lithuanian Independence Day the Mayor's office of the city of Chicago has autorized the raising of the Lithuanian flag at the Daley Center Plaza. The flag will be flown on two days, Feb 14th and Feb 16th. Arrangements for the flag raising and it's provision were made through the offices of Lithuanian American Council. The 375 square foot flag will be flown from the five-story flagpole which flanks the world famous Picasso sculpture located on the plaza.

Now how about a modern day Pulaski Day Parade:

Or a modern day Columbus Day Parade:

Or a modern day St. Patrick's Day Parade:

Or going back in History to the days of the Irish Brigade:

Immigrants forget the Old Country of their ancestors and Old Stock Americans forget the regional heritage of their Old Stock American ancestors once they are so "Heinz 57" that they have no clue where their grandparents were born and where their grandparents grew up and they don't care.

Ethnic heritage and being "American" are not mutually exclusive.

A fifth generation Irish American that knows that his Irish immigrant forefather fought in the Irish Brigade under it's green battle flag adorned with the symbols and Gaelic language of the Old Country has a hell of a lot more "American heritage" than a "Heinz 57" American who has no clue where his ancestors were in 1863 or in 1917.

To such Americans, this is "heritage":

[Clemenza]

And did those Eastern European immigrants ever fly the flags of their former countries while in Cicero?

Actually, they would fly the Polish flag on Pulaski Day. My, what short memories certain Cicero residents have...