When I married my wife 26 years ago we took for granted that she was born in Dearborn MI. All these years later, when I saw the boss come down the escalator we realized that it was time to join the movement.
If you are not married to a US Citizen the process can be lengthy (upwards of 5 years). Even in my case (with a job waiting for me) it took 15 months to complete the process. Our son (22) took 18 months. The end result is totally worth it. We have never been happier or more secure in our lives here in East Tennessee.
There should be a clause that makes it easier for descendants of Americans to return, to reclaim their honour and fight.
My family was American before there was an America - helped settle one or two of the colonies (Rhode Island/Connecticut) and went on to have a distinguished American legacy. Related to someone on the Mayflower. One of my ancestors even went on to found the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), the female counterpart to Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), which is supposed to uphold their legacy (and apparently does a sad job of it these days)..
First guy ever charged in the US with the newly created 2nd degree murder, also of my namesake. lol
At some point, maybe a generation or two before my grandparents, someone in my lineage decided to move to Canada. I doubt they could have known the path it would lead [me] down.. I'm as patriotic as any Canadian, but utterly ashamed of what Canada has become.
I'm eligible to join SAR (and my sister is eligible to join DAR) because we can trace back to someone who fought.
When I married my wife 26 years ago we took for granted that she was born in Dearborn MI. All these years later, when I saw the boss come down the escalator we realized that it was time to join the movement. If you are not married to a US Citizen the process can be lengthy (upwards of 5 years). Even in my case (with a job waiting for me) it took 15 months to complete the process. Our son (22) took 18 months. The end result is totally worth it. We have never been happier or more secure in our lives here in East Tennessee.
There should be a clause that makes it easier for descendants of Americans to return, to reclaim their honour and fight.
My family was American before there was an America - helped settle one or two of the colonies (Rhode Island/Connecticut) and went on to have a distinguished American legacy. Related to someone on the Mayflower. One of my ancestors even went on to found the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), the female counterpart to Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), which is supposed to uphold their legacy (and apparently does a sad job of it these days)..
First guy ever charged in the US with the newly created 2nd degree murder, also of my namesake. lol
At some point, maybe a generation or two before my grandparents, someone in my lineage decided to move to Canada. I doubt they could have known the path it would lead [me] down.. I'm as patriotic as any Canadian, but utterly ashamed of what Canada has become.
I'm eligible to join SAR (and my sister is eligible to join DAR) because we can trace back to someone who fought.