FinnFest USA traces its beginnings back to September 12. 1982. when Tauri Aaltio. executive director of Finland Society. Helsinki. Finland. hosted a meeting in Minneapolis. MN. At the meeting. 39 representatives from Finnish American organizations from throughout the United States met to discuss the new organization. One of the goals of the organization is to work with new immigrants In the United States and to keep their cultural ties. So Finnish families and those who wish they were Finnish vome together to celebrate their ethnic heritage. At this first meeting the Finland Society voted to call their annual festival "FinnFest USA".
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