What would america be without the germans?

I been thinking about the last class. We covered the topics of Irish immigrants and German immigrants.
We been talking about all the great engineers, poets, writers and overall well educated people that came from Europe and especially germany. But lets give the Irish a little recognition, even they were first rough on their edges. They also learned to adapt and became successful as well. I have to say that I met a lot of Irish blood people and I have the impression that they have a good sense of humor and stay quite calm in situations that are out of hand.
But back to the germans. I am from a small city called Muehlhausen and we actually had some great people living there back in the days.
As a child in first grade we had to do reports on the people that made the city famous. One person that always stood out to me was Johann August Roebling. He was an engineer that was born and raised in my city and actually went to the same school as me. I always thought of becoming someone that made a change in others people life and this guy probably got me hooked on that idea. This guy helped engineering the Brooklyn Bridge and became very known in this kind of business.  So I guess I feel a sense of bride when I say I am german. And even having a green-card or becoming a citizen doesn't let me forget that I am german. I believe I would always keep the tradition I grew up with an cherish them with others. I do know that I became pretty americanized for germans but I am still much german for americans. I am sure that I am not the only one who has this experience and I believe its been like this for decades even when the first germans came in the 18 hundreds. http://roeblingmuseum.org/about-us/john-a-roebling/