[78-L] O Maryland, My Christmas Tree

[David Breneman]

--- On Wed, 6/23/10, Jeff Lichtman <jeff at swazoo.com> wrote:
> [Unattributed]

> >Wasn't it a close vote between English and German to be
> >the official language of the US at one point?
> 
> No - according to Snopes...

But, if there is one society (I hesitate to say nation,
because Germany didn't become one until the era of
Wilhelm I in the mid/late 1800s) other that Britain
which has influenced American culture, it is, by far,
Germany.