Sense of Identity
Americans of English heritage are often seen as simply "American" due to the many cultural ties between the two countries and their impact on the American population which has hardly disappeared. This is due to the fact that the non-English population did not arrive in full force overnight and implemented early on.
They are less likely to proclaim it in the face of the upsurge of ethnic pride and loyalties by African-Americans, Irish-Americans, Scottish-Americans, Italian-Americans or other ethnic groups. After centuries of intermarriage and internal geographic mobility, many are unable to determine a specific English origin. For these reasons, no other part of the pluralist American society is so difficult to describe as a separate entity as the English. English immigrants were and are often seen as an invisible ethnic group, due to the length of time their ancestors may have been in the United States with the founding colonists being English people.
There is little or no celebration of the English Patron Saint St. George's Day other than by the Boy Scouts of America.
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