Excerpt from The King, the Kaiser, and Irish Freedom
This Book Is Dedicated to the millions of men and women of German blood in this country - who form the bulwarks of American civilization - to Johannes DeKalb and Steuben, the heroic and efficient soldiers and advisers of George Washington - to the memory of Germans who fought with Andrew Jackson against England in the War of 1812 - to the German-American heroes of 1848 to the great numbers of Germans who fought for the freedom of men and the preservation of the American Union in the Civil War from 1861 to the year 1865 - to their children in the Spanish-American War of 1898 - to all the vast Teutonic elements of the United States whose efforts have placed our nation to the forefront in education and in all arts and sciences - a noble people from whom Americans learn to be efficient and thorough - to the thrifty, useful, industrious, patriotic children of the Fatherland.
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