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History Matters: "Our Nation Of Immigrants"

Red River Radio | By Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Published November 1, 2016 at 7:45 AM CDT
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Immigrants including the Bombardelli family from Italy, entering the United States through Ellis Island, the main immigrant entry facility of the United States from 1892 to 1954.

Airs Tuesday, November 1, at 7:45 a.m. Commentator Gary Joiner looks at our "Nation Of Immigrants" and how our immigrant histories matter.

 

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"Mrs. Bissie and family (Polish). They all work in fields near Baltimore in summer and have worked at Biloxi, Miss. for two years. Location: Baltimore, Maryland."
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2000 Data Top US Ancestries by County

 
History Matters is made possible in part by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and Louisiana Cultural Vistas Magazine. 
 
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Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Gary Joiner is a cartographer and an associate professor of history at LSU in Shreveport. He is the author or editor of 12 books including “Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862,” “One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign in 1864,” “Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864,” “Red River Steamboats,” and “Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: Mississippi Squadron.”
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