I am proud that I am Irish. My great-grandparents on my father's side immigrated from Ireland. I am also proud that I am Canadian. My grandparents on my mother's side immigrated from Canada. Their ancestors actually arrived on the Mayflower and fought in the American Revolution. I am also Scottish - my mother is of Armstrong stock. I also come from Germany (Grabske and Trefz) and Sweden. Gotta love the melting pot.
Labor Day weekend, they had the 8th Annual Kansas City Irish Fest. After the Jubilee, I met my parents down at Crown Center for the festivities.
'Funny' side note. I was already downtown, at Union Station, because of lunch after the Jubilee, and I ended up driving about 20 minutes both ways to run home and change my pants, shoes, and get the ticket. For some reason I thought the Fest was in Independence. Hah. [I sigh.]
