A Song About Freedom: Krásná Amerika

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence as the saying goes. The Bohemians, Moravians and Silesians of Central Europe in mid-1800s were a giving culture, however after years of giving your sons to the military service, some returning to help on the farm, some not; years of giving most of your crops to the royalty; giving what little land, IF you owned any, to the royalty as a result of taxation; many of the families, who later be known as Czechs, were looking for a change of scenery. They were tired of giving.

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