Famine memorials put too much emphasis on defeat and destruction
(NEWSER) - Irish Americans should be celebrating their successes tomorrow—and every day—instead of looking back to the potato famine that forced many of their ancestors across the Atlantic, writes William McGurn. The Irish have thrived and prospered in America, but in recent years, they've been celebrating that history by erecting famine memorials "that stress our victimhood." Earlier generations of Irish-Americans "didn't build monuments to their woes but, with their pennies, raised up St. Patrick's Cathedral." More»
