Yankee Commonwealth

March 16, 2012

Legacy of the ‘Know-Nothings’

http://www.wickedlocal.com/weston/news/opinions/x770709648/Gass-Legacy-of-the-Know-Nothings#axzz2NcNYjWOG “The Irish are perhaps the only people in our history with the distinction of  having a political party, the Know-Nothings, formed against them,” wrote John F.  Kennedy in his 1958 book, “A Nation of Immigrants.” Today, few people realize  that the...