Sian,

Americans cultural traditions are from very distinct places and not at all that diverse until the last 60 years"

In the last 50 years, there has been an accelerating political correctness.

The main roots of America were Great Britain, Ireland Scotland Wales etc... (Some of my own ancestors came to the US from Wales, Scotland, and England in the 1600) Prichard/Pritchard/Pritchett is a Welsh name and Wesley is West Ley... West Meadow...English Welsh.

The Germans, who have contributed more people than any other single nation to the US. (When I go to Germany I feel pretty much at home. (The people look the same here as they do there.

Back to the main point.

With the cultural change in California, for example, a friend of mine who has his masters in Spanish and teaches just about everything... Spanish, Gaelic, History, English... His dad was born on the kitchen table in Edinburgh and his mother is from the Ulland Islands of Sweden and his Grandfather was the Most Decorated Scottish Soldier in War War I with the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders. He' a Munroe.

Well, He fights the good fight. There is a movement to Start the teaching of American History at 1776 and not bother to teach the British Heritage..

Ask yourself, if your a Mexican who speaks Spanish, would you really care about the culture of the Anglo's

Davy Crockett was an Ulsterman a genuine Scots Irish type just a few generations back, so was Andrew Jackson.

The bottom line is that there are many people who don't want to acknowledge the way history was but would rather rewrite it...

How about honoring all the Japanese Americans who served in the US Civil War... That's a great Idea if we could find anyone. They call it diversity. Its politically correct and cultural correctness.

We are commonly told suspect the scholarship from prev years because it was all done by old racist white men.

Winston Churchill talked of the American Race in 1943, well the country has become quite a bit different.

When I go to the store in Seattle I feel as if sometimes I'm in Asia or some other place. I visited Wales a few years ago, in 1998 it felt like home. Lots of white people

Since 1980 there were no Koreans in Federal Way Washington to now when there are 40,000... It's a huge jump.

The continuing immigration into the US has become very diverse and in Britain, you are now beginning to feel the impact. Chinese who want nothing more than to leave China.

Vancouver Canada which is about 120 miles from here has a new nickname. Hongcouver...

You can't go home again. And the people who write the mass market histories don't have any reason to tell the truth as you see it.

The Scots Irish impact on the United States is strong but under assault. As for the German impact, its very there but you have to look at the people.

My Grandfather came to the US sometime before the turn of the 19th century and we know he was from Wiesbaden but we don't know a lot.

The American Cultural tradition is dominantly a British one feel proud, the blood of Welshman flows in our veins.

My ancestors were at Stamford Bridge and Hastings as well in South Carolina during the American Revolution at the Fight for Texas Independence and the 14th and 18th Texas Confederate States of America. With the Ist Texas United States in the Spanish American War, With the American Expeditionary Force In WWI and With The Atlantic and Pacific Fleets In WWII.

Diversity is a new notion, it marginalizes the contribution of those who have gone before.

It's a new world and my name is not Alice.

Wes Prichard From The Shadow of Mt Rainier