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Check out this webinar about the Greek immigrant experience

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Excellent webinar, describes a Greek immigrant experience in the United States. Presentation is brought by the Hellenic-American Cultural Center & Museum and includes interviews and presentations by experts and professionals. Absolute favourite part of the presentation was looking at the images from the historical archives which show images dating back to the 1900's. I hope you all enjoy it!

 
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This is fantastic! Thanks so much for sharing!!! 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
 
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This was great, I watch videos like this and I think about what my family must have endured when they came over to the United States. Most of them were escaping various wars and political conflicts, and they really just wanted to have a better life.
 
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