SEATTLE MARK CROATIA'S INDEPENDENCE DAY SEATTLE, Oct 13 (Hina) - Croatian Americans marked Croatia's Independence Day on Sunday in Seattle.
SEATTLE, Oct 13 (Hina) - Croatian Americans marked Croatia's
Independence Day on Sunday in Seattle. #L#
The Croatian honorary consul in Washington state, Frank Brozovich,
gave dinner which was attended by 250 Croatian Americans, Croatian
Ambassador to the United States Ivan Grdesic, deputy governor of
the state of Washington Brad Owen, MP in the House of
Representatives of the US Congress Jim McDermott, and the speaker
of the lower house in the Washington state parliament, Frank Chopp,
who is of Croatian descent.
Some 50,000 Croats live in the state of Washington.
On October 8, Croatia marks Independence Day in memory of 8 October
1991 when its parliament adopted a unanimous decision to sever all
constitutional relations with the former Socialist Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY).
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