Thank you, Ron - this gives us insights of things we often haven't even thought about! Molly Ron Mlejnek wrote: > ------------------ The Czechs in America 1633-1977 by Vera Laska > -------------------- > > Part 4 > > The characteristic features of Czech immigration to America were: > > A high percentage of skilled labor and literacy rate. > > The ideological division between Catholics and freethinkers, > much more pronounced in America than in the homeland. This contributed > to a duplication of fraternal and cultural organizations, the benefit of > which to the Czechs or to America is highly debatable. > > From America the group contributed immeasurably to the creation > of an independent republic in the former homeland by lobbying to > influence American public opinion and by financing the liberation of the > country, whose Declaration of Independence and Constitution bear > striking similarities to the American documents of freedom. > > Vera Laska > Regis College > Weston, Massachusetts > > > -------- end of Forward --------- > > > > > > > ==== CZECH Mailing List ==== > All matters pertaining to list administration are exclusively > handled by the List Administrator. If you have personal > problems, questions or suggestions about list mail send an > email to the administrator. The subject is not appropriate > for list discussion. > >