Children of immigrant family positively influenced several communities
March 9, 2024 at 4:00 a.m.
by
Jeremy Amick
A chronology shared by the Library of Congress regarding the German immigration to the United States notes, "Nearly one million Germans immigrated to America in (the 1850s), one of the peak periods of German immigration; in 1854 alone, 215,000 Germans arrived in this country."