Happy Ukrainian Independence Day

By adamg on Mon, 08/24/2015 - 2:40pm

Kids at Ukrainian Independence Day celebration in Boston

Members of the 80,000-strong Ukrainian community in the Boston area gathered at the lower level of City Hall today to celebrate Ukraine's independence from a much larger country that pretty much surrounds it, a country whose successor state was mentioned a couple of times in speeches, but not by name and not in happy tones.

LocaL Ukrainians - and City Councilor Michael Flaherty - waved the country's blue-and-yellow flags and listened to Ukrainian singers:

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It's a pleasure to know that

By Joe Blow on Mon, 08/24/2015 - 8:53pm.

It's a pleasure to know that this is an active community.

Slava Ukraini!

Awww

By anon on Tue, 08/25/2015 - 9:25am.

They're such nice peceful freedom-loving folks, aren't they? It's OK to use heavy artillery against civilians as long as you're pro-US, right? But only if you're pro-US - try to pull that shit off on separatists if you're anti-US like Assad or Putin did, and you're a monster.

Why, yes, Universal Hub is

By Irmo on Tue, 08/25/2015 - 10:34am.

Why, yes, Universal Hub is the perfect forum for fans of the latest intra-Slavic war to cast aspersions at each other.

Keep up the good work.

You sound slightly fanny

By Joe Blow on Tue, 08/25/2015 - 7:00pm.

You sound slightly fanny-flustered. Let me take out for some dioxin-sushi and polonium tea.

Stand on your local corner and yell "NULAND! KERRY! IT'S A CONSPIRACY!" three times and I'll be right there to pick you up.

Much Respect to the Ukrainian Community

By Nitup U.F. on Tue, 08/25/2015 - 2:02am.

May their independence be permanent, and fully restored.

Th Ukrainian-American population

By Boston_Bloke on Tue, 08/25/2015 - 7:07am.

Adam, have a cite for 80,000 Ukrainians in the Boston area? I note 23,000 Ukrainian-Americans in Massachusetts according to the United Census Bureau's 2010 American Community Survey:

http://theamericanmosaic.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-ukrainian-american-pop...

Nothing I can link to

By adamg on Tue, 08/25/2015 - 9:35am.

Flaherty said it during his remarks, and who am I to doubt a statistic cited by a city councilor?