Testimonials

My father came to this country as a young man in 1904. At that time, he spoke only Swedish. His interest in becoming a citizen led him to learn to speak English.  He married my mother, also from Sweden many years later.

They spoke only English in our home. Years later, when I was a teenager, I can remember my father having to go to a friend’s house to have them read a letter from Sweden to him.  He had forgotten his Swedish.  He read the paper daily, so I know he was literate, but time and non-usage had dimmed his recollection of his native tongue.  I myself, never learned any Swedish, because, it was never spoken in the home. If my father could foreswear his native tongue to become a citizen, I cannot see any reason to allow any language other than English to be considered. Make English the Official language of the United States.