The United States is blessed with a diversity that has provided this Nation with the knowledge and abilty of people from across the world. The ethnic and cultural diversity of our Nation is a characteristic which has helped to make our Nation foremost in the world. Immigrants to our country brought a wide range of skills. customs. and beliefs which have enriched the lives of us all and the Lithuanians have contributed to that enrichment. The 75th anniversary of Lithuanian Hall will serve to exemplify the hard work and perseverance of the Lithuanian people both here in Maryland as well as In the United States and Lithuania. The hard work of the Lithuanian people has been quite evident and has not gone unnoticed. In Upton Sinclairs book "The Jungle." he wrote of the hardships in the meat packing industry of Chicago that predominately Lithuanian Immigrants had to endure. Lithuanian Immigrants most certainly have played an important role in shaping and building our great Nation. When Thomas Jefferson said. "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." he did so knowing that the threat of tyranny was an ever present one. Thomas Jefferson recognized that one always must remain vigilant against the evils of tyranny and oppression.
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