America is a Land
of Pilgrims and Pioneers
It is not a land of immigrants
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pil·grim
(p?l?gr?m) n.
4. One of the English Separatists
who founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620. *
im·mi·grant (?m??-gr?nt)
n.
1. A person who leaves one country
to settle permanently in another. *
WHEN THE PILGRIMS ARRIVED, THERE WAS NO COUNTRY.
THEY WERE NOT IMMIGRANTS. |
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pi·o·neer
(p?'?-nîr?) n.
1. One who ventures into unknown or
unclaimed territory to settle.*
MOST OF THE EARLY PIONEERS OPENED UP THE "WILD
WEST" BEFORE IT WAS AN OFFICIAL PART OF ANYTHING. THEY WERE
NOT IMMIGRANTS.
America
is not a land of immigrants. It was opened, settled and developed
by pilgrims and pioneers.
*Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the
English Language, Fourth Edition |
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