On May 17. 1814. the Norwegian people set sail on uncharted seas after a long struggle for independence. The strength which these people have developed from their land. their toil. and their faith has been transferred to the United States by the many who have made the journey westward to the New World and the United States. and by their descendants. In the half century preceding World War II the immigration of these fine people to the United States was at its peak. and those who were arriving were concentrated in Dakota Territory. Minnesota. and Wisconsin. In 1910. the U.S. census returns showed that Norwegians were the most closely concentrated nationality in the Union. and Norwegian. the language of the smallest independent people in Europe. ranked ninth in the number of its users in America.
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