Mr. President. I would like to call to the attention of my colleagues an important article from the Hartford Courant on the contributions that have beeen made by Cape Verdians to American society. Although Cape Verde is one of the poorest countries in the world. its peoples have played a major role in New England. The first wave of Cape Verdian immigration to this country occurred in the later part of the 19th century. when men came to work in New Bedford. MA. on whaling ships or in cranberry bogs. More came to my State. Connecticut. to build the Bulkeley Bridge around 1900.
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