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Originally Posted by Tim Murphy
It’s still revered in North Dakota which owes its existence to the Homestead Act. What a radical idea! Give every immigrant a quarter mile of land. It lured my grandfather out of upstate NY to homestead thirty miles from here in 1872.
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Don't get me wrong, I am very fond of the Declaration of Independence, and the USA, for a lot of reasons. But the homestead act was part of a process that destroyed my great-grandfather and his family and ancestors as much as it helped your grandfather and his descendants.
It was not the USA's land to give away.
Today is a day to celebrate, I agree, but also a day to reflect. For many reasons.
David R.