Alexandru Nemoianu: „Romanian-American Heritage and Romanian Cultural and Historical Personalities“

Romanian-American Heritage is a complex reality, the result of a con­tinuing, hundred-year-long historic process, and includes the totality of traditions, beliefs and behavioral at­titudes observed by the members of the Romanian-American community, along with the predominant use of the English language. Romanian-American heritage is not a finished product, but a living process that commenced ten decades ago and con­tinues today, with the expectation that it will persist in the foreseeable fu­ture. The hybrid heritage is among the most important contributions which Romanian immigrants made to their new country, and is in fact part of the greater American cultural milieu which Romanians made more diverse.
The pioneer Romanian immigrants did not come and were not accepted into the New World as a group, but as individuals. Only after they settled and became accustomed with the ways of their adopted country did they make conscious decisions to preserve at least some of their traditions and their Romanian understanding of life. >>>>>Alexandru Nemoianu>>>>>