W E are a nation of immigrants.
Immigration is a courageous act in and of itself.
Leaving one's home to seek a better life in a foreign land requires a great deal of intestional fortitude. An immigrant always brings a little piece of his homeland with him or her to the new home, and whether it's a dance or a way of decorating eggs, these cultural traditions are passed down to succeeding generations. Cleveland has been the destination of waves of immigrants since the early 19th century. In the 1800s, it was the English and the Irish, then came the Germans and Slavic peoples. Finally, it was the Italians, Greeks, Ukrainians, Czechs, Poles, Russians, Romanians, Hungarians, Slovaks and dozens of other ethnic groups.