A unique round tower in Massachusetts built by 19th-century Irish immigrants stands as one of the only round towers in the United States. The Milford Round Tower at St. Mary's Parish in ...

Irish immigrants worked on the construction of ... settled into the Andersonville neighborhood at the end of the 19th century. Chicago had the largest Scandinavian settlement in the U.S. at ...

Then, they disparage the latter as “illegal aliens” and call for their deportation. This dichotomous categorization of immigrants is in part rooted in 19th century discourse on foreign-born workers, ...

During the 19th century most of the Irish immigrants came from Ulster. Between 1876 and 1883 around 83 per cent of Irish immigrants came from the North of Ireland - around 25 per cent of these ...

Two days after the Lager Beer Riot, on April 23, 1885, Chicago citizens convened at South Market Hall for a public meeting on “law and order.” Attendees appointed a committee to work with the city to ...