Friday, March 16, 2007
A Balkans connection..
In Minnesota there has been a proposed law that American flags actually be manufactured in the United States of America, if they are to be sold as American flags. The guy who started this thing is a guy named Tom Rukavina. That is an old and honored Croatian family name....
Rukavina coat of arms
Tom Rukavina Website
He is a member of the Democratic Farmer Labor Party
Wikipedia, but it's a good quick 'n' dirty summing up
DFL
I cut my teeth on Farmer Labor Party stuff... just so you know...
My Great-grandfather helped organize miners there in the Mesabi Range
Mesabi Range
a lot of Balkanci wound up there, so did a lot of Swedes and a lot of Irish.
Rukavina coat of arms
Tom Rukavina Website
He is a member of the Democratic Farmer Labor Party
Wikipedia, but it's a good quick 'n' dirty summing up
DFL
I cut my teeth on Farmer Labor Party stuff... just so you know...
My Great-grandfather helped organize miners there in the Mesabi Range
Mesabi Range
a lot of Balkanci wound up there, so did a lot of Swedes and a lot of Irish.
# posted by Katja R. @ 9:05 PM 
