That's the whole truth, perfectly stated. My grandfather was an immigrant; I don't think I have a single ancestor who was in this country before the early 1900s. And yet, I never had any difficulty viewing George Washington as the father of my country or understanding that American History from the Indians to the Mayflower to the Civil War (and everything that caused it) is as much a part of my history as the day my grandfather got off the boat.
"It’s part of a larger American story."
That's the whole truth, perfectly stated. My grandfather was an immigrant; I don't think I have a single ancestor who was in this country before the early 1900s. And yet, I never had any difficulty viewing George Washington as the father of my country or understanding that American History from the Indians to the Mayflower to the Civil War (and everything that caused it) is as much a part of my history as the day my grandfather got off the boat.