My son went to school at Duquesne and my daughter-in-law was born and raised in Johnstown. My husband is a Canadian citizen, (a Lithuanian-Canadian) and I was born in Massachusetts. We will always be the intruders of Pennsylavania Dutch land.
My grandmother referred to the Brits as "damned fools". "Glory be" was her usual exclamation. She did not like the Brits in Ireland but noted that all people are alike once the playing field is leveled. She could not stand to watch UP THE DOWNSTAIR CASE on Masrepiece theatre. Her home always had that pritine clean smell of a convent