It is this holiday in commemoration of the defeat of Spanish troops and consequent independence of their former homeland that Portuguese and Portuguese Americans celebrate on December 1. It is to this day and to these people that I pay tribute. It was only natural that the sons of the explorers and heirs to the pioneer initiative would find their way to the shores of the New World. The waves of Portuguese immigrants who passed through Boston Harbor to seek new homes had many reasons for coming to America. Some were political refugees. Some sought religious freedom. Others sought a land where poverty and hunger would no longer be a reality. and still others came because they thought their future would be brighter in this land.
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