Opinion

Ignoring history

Posted August 27, 2018 1:00 am

Thank you for the excellent editorial on the "Not enemies, but voices of the people" and "Servant of the People."

I am very pleased to be a subscriber of the Daily Herald. I am an immigrant, or it is appropriate to say that my ancestors were immigrants and fled Ireland during the Irish Potato Famine in 1845-49. They, as Catholics, moved into north central Pennsylvania. I don't know how welcomed they were, but they became acquainted with the German Brethren (Old Order Brethren) - and eventually members of the Church of the Brethren, one of the then three historic peace churches, along with the Friends and the Mennonites.

How fortunate that our news media does support even the voices of peace churches - as you note, to make the world a little better place.

I am the great, great grandchild - and then some, of an immigrant. And so is President Donald Trump. How can he ignore his history so easily?

Ralph McFadden

Elgin

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