On this episode of Our American Stories,  American progress, with all its tragedies and yet enduring hope, can be seen perhaps as clearly through the Irish-American experience as any other. Karen Kaufmann is here to tell us how one man, Matthew Kerry, never tired of calling Americans again and again to the high aspirations of the Declaration of Independence.

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On this episode of Our American Stories,  American progress, with all its tragedies and yet enduring hope, can be seen perhaps as clearly through the Irish-American experience as any other. Karen Kaufmann is here to tell us how one man, Matthew Kerry, never tired of calling Americans again and again to the high aspirations of the Declaration of Independence. <a href="https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate" data-auth="NotApplicable">Support the show</a> (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)

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Irish Need Not Apply: The Story of How The Irish Went From Pariahs to Patricians

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