BRAMA, August 25, 2002, 1 pm ET

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August 24, 2002 - New Jersey Governor James McGreevey adresses the mostly Ukrainian-American audience during a flag-raising ceremony hosted at the Governor's Mansion in Princeton. The event commemorated Ukraine's 11th year of independence.

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Ambassador Valery Kuchinsky, Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations.

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Distinguished guests seated left to right: · Dr. Bohdan Vitvitsky, who read a short history of Ukraine and Ukrainians in New Jersey; · Unidentified; · Mr. Danylo Lupkivsky, Perm. Mission of Ukraine; · Archibishop Antony, UOCU, gave the closing benediction; · Metropolitan Stefan Soroka, UCC Philadelphia, gave the opening invocation; · Keynote speaker Mr. Volodymyr Yatsenkivskyi, Minister of Consular Affairs at the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington DC; · Mrs. Yatsenkivskyi; · Mrs. Nataliya Martynenko, Acting Consul General, Consulate of Ukraine in New York City.

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The Pledge of Allegiance lead by Ukrainian American Veterans.

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"Bandura Trio"

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New Jersey-ites observe the program on the mansion grounds.

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Joining the Independence Day celebration were (l-r) Prof. Roman Andrushkiw (NJIT, Shevchenko Scientific Society), Mrs. Svitlana Andrushkiw (SSS Chief Librarian), poet Vasyl Makhno, and Vasyl Lopukh, president of the Ukrainian American Association.

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