The silent minority (original) (raw)
America’s largest ethnic group has assimilated so well that people barely notice it
Feb 5th 2015|KOHLER, WISCONSIN
ON A snow-covered bluff overlooking the Sheboygan river stands the Waelderhaus, a faithful reproduction of an Austrian chalet. It was built by the Kohler family of Wisconsin in the 1920s as a tribute to the homeland of their father, John Michael Kohler, who had immigrated to America in 1854 at the age of ten.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “The silent minority”
From the February 7th 2015 edition
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