jobs as city firemen and police (Gmelch 68). CONCLUSION The US is the most diverse nation on earth because of immigrants, but the immigrants were almost never welcomed to the US "with open arms." Because of the huge numbers of Irish immigrants, the telling of their "story" brings a more full understanding of what it means to live in a free land, and a more full appreciation of the life we lead today, as well as a thankfulness to those who, long ago, paved the way. ...
