Speaker. we often speak of the beauty and richness of our ethnic traditions and of the need for us to preserve and perpetuate this most cherished legacy. Day by day. this special and unique epic continues. Immigrants with the same courage and spirit of our early founders come to our shores filled with dreams of building new lives and raising families under the peace and prosperity of the U.S. flag. Daily. they undergo resocialization. learning the ways of this new American society. studying the language. slowly becoming an active and vital part of our democratic process. yet always striving to maintain and pass down the history and customs of their former homeland and people. On June 8. 9. and 10. the citizens of the Portuguese and Brazilian ancestry in the State of New Jersey and the United Portuguesespeaking community of New Jersey convened for their first State convention in my home town of Newark.
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