Sentences with phrase «grandfather came to this country»

Im a muslim born and raised in cali, my great grandfather came to this country in the late 1890s and joined the army, he fought in ww1, was honorably discharged in 1917 and i hate this show

In 1895, my grandmother and grandfather came to this country from what was then Syria, which is now Lebanon.

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For example, I have become a lot more sensitive and aware of what it might feel like to be living in a country that, or a town or a suburb that used to belong to your great great grandfather and now doesn't belong to anyone in your family anymore, you know how would that feel living in your own country but it's not yours anymore and I have come to appreciate just how much we've overlooked Aboriginal communities and Aboriginal culture.