I too am thankful for the United States. By far we have the best gig going of all nations worldwide. And this good gig is worth protecting and preserving, not fundamentally transforming. You don't change or transform something you love.
Keep in mind that the Pilgrim experience in the Plymouth Colony is only part of the story. At the same time these English Puritans were setting up shop in Massachusetts, out here in the wilds of the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico, Spanish colonists had already settled and were building mission churches and small communities. My male ancestor came from Castille Spain in 1620, arriving in what became Mexico. He was a mounted soldier who then came up the El Camino Real (King's Highway) as part of a re-supply expedition the Spring of 1622, remaining here permanently, marrying and beginning a family, now in existence for 12 generations.
My family were subjects of Spain and Mexico until August 18, 1846 when General Stephen Watts Kearny rode into the Plaza of Santa Fe. By that time, New Mexico was a colony unto itself with its own flag, and own militia - separate in governance and military from Mexico. My family readily accepted this because we had constant dealings with Americans along the Santa Fe Trail for many years before, and American dollars were common here.
We always use the slogan: "We didn't come to America - America came to Us".
Maj. USAR (Ret) 160th SOAR, 2/17 CAV
NRA Life Member
Black Mesa Ranch. Raising Fine Cattle and Horses in San Miguel County since 1879
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Originally Posted by donlapalma
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