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Article: U.S. Vietnamese preserve ties to their 'first home'.(EAST & WEST)(using native language to preserve cultural ties)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- June 26, 2009
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SILVER SPRING, MD. * Just off New Hampshire Avenue here, part of a stretch that includes a string of structures representing several world religions, is a striking white building with a red-tile roof that has the appearance of a pagoda except for a singular detail--a cross atop the highest peak.
Our Lady of Vietnam Catholic Church is a soaring representation of that ethnic group's presence in the Washington area, where large numbers of Vietnamese settled following the fall of Saigon in 1975. The church was built under the direction of its first pastor, the late Msgr. Peter Long, who was among the first wave of refugees to arrive in the United States in the ...