May 19. 1962) To my way of thinking. there is nothing more symbolic of America than a celebration like this one tonight. Here we are. looking backward to rekindle the culture and traditions of our special heritage from the land of our fathers overseas while at the same time contributing to a hopeful and productive future as Americans. Politiciansand I count myself as oneare always quick to point out this wonderful paradox: that nowhere else on earth is it quite so easy for immigrants and their decendants to nurture deep emotional ties with their ancient homeland and still be at home in the country they adopted and which adopted them. It is well to remember from time to time what our fellow citizens sometimes forget: that no small part of Americas vitality and A3883 strength is rooted in the blood and sinew of men and women who had the vigor and the courage to reject oppression and Inhumanity by tearing themselves away from a soil they deeply loved for the freedom and opportunity of an alien shorean act of individual faith repeated thousands of times in the flowering of America. From the time of Kosciusko and Pulaski until the present day.
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