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Ying Shen Winkle after being sworn in as a new citizen at Seattle Center, July 4, 2002
On July 4, 2002, 311 migrants originating from 65 counries were sworn in as new US citizens at a naturalization ceremony at Seattle Center. Some chose to become citizens to secure their place in the US in the wake of immigration law changes after the 9/11 attacks in 2001, while others wanted citizenship in order to work for the government…
ID Number:2000.107.20020704.CD01.01.002
Date:2002
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Girls stretching before their dance performance at India Day celebration, Shoreline, August 11, 2002
India Day is an annual celebration of the anniversary of India’s independence from the United Kingdom on August 15, 1947. The celebration includes parades, cultural performances, and other events. In 2002, the India Association of Western Washington (now Indian American Community Services or IACS) held an India Day celebration that included dance performances at the Shoreline Conference Center. Here, twins…
ID Number:2000.107.20020811.CD02.01.001
Date:2002
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Children waiting to dance at India Day celebration, Shoreline, August 11, 2002
India Day is an annual celebration of the anniversary of India’s independence from the United Kingdom on August 15, 1947. The celebration includes parades, cultural performances, and other events. In 2002, the India Association of Western Washington (now Indian American Community Services or IACS) held an India Day celebration that included dance performances at the Shoreline Conference Center. Here, 4-year-old…
ID Number:2000.107.20020811.CD02.01.002
Date:2002
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Pranav Shah waiting to dance at India Day celebration, Shoreline, August 11, 2002
India Day is an annual celebration of the anniversary of India’s independence from the United Kingdom on August 15, 1947. The celebration includes parades, cultural performances, and other events. In 2002, the India Association of Western Washington (now Indian American Community Services or IACS) held an India Day celebration that included dance performances at the Shoreline Conference Center. Here, 4-year-old…
ID Number:2000.107.20020811.CD02.01.003
Date:2002
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Mike Evans (Snohomish) wearing a traditional cedar hat, Redondo Beach, August 2002
Seattle celebrated the sesquicentennial of its 1852 founding in 2002. On August 31, the commemoration ended with The Spirit Returns, a group of 15 tribal canoes from Washington and British Columbia that paddled along West Seattle starting at Seacrest Boathouse. Their destination, Terminal 107 Park, was the location of Chief Seattle’s childhood home and the proposed site of the Duwamish…
ID Number:2000.107.20020822.CD01.01.001
Date:2002
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Long Tall (Chippewa) paddling a traditional cedar canoe, Redondo Beach, August 2002
Seattle celebrated the sesquicentennial of its 1852 founding in 2002. On August 31, the commemoration ended with The Spirit Returns, a group of 15 tribal canoes from Washington and British Columbia that paddled along West Seattle starting at Seacrest Boathouse. Their destination, Terminal 107 Park, was the location of Chief Seattle’s childhood home and the proposed site of the Duwamish…
ID Number:2000.107.20020822.CD01.03.001
Date:2002
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Young girl paddling in a cedar canoe, Redondo Beach, August 2002
Seattle celebrated the sesquicentennial of its 1852 founding in 2002. On August 31, the commemoration ended with The Spirit Returns, a group of 15 tribal canoes from Washington and British Columbia that paddled along West Seattle starting at Seacrest Boathouse. Their destination, Terminal 107 Park, was the location of Chief Seattle’s childhood home and the proposed site of the Duwamish…
ID Number:2000.107.20020822.CD01.03.002
Date:2002
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Emma Moreno in front of the Seattle LGBT Community Center, October 3, 2002
The Seattle LGBT Community Center, a program of Queen City Community Development, opened in May 2002 at 1115 E. Pike Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. The Center housed various programs, projects and services for the LGBTQ and allied communities, and reached many more through its events, activities, and advocacy. In October 2002, the Center hosted the Northwest’s first Latino…
ID Number:2000.107.20021003.CD02.001
Date:2002
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Pro-monorail group demonstrating an alternate route to Seahawks Stadium, Seattle, October 14, 2002
The Seattle Center Monorail is a major tourist attraction and a public transit service that has been the subject of debate since the line was built for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. In 1997 Initiative 41 was introduced, proposing a 54-mile extension to the existing 0.96-mile monorail system. In 2002 a series of panel discussions debating the initiative were nicknamed…
ID Number:2000.107.20021014.CD01.02.001
Date:2002
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Jeanne Wharnsby and others enjoying YWCA pool, Seattle, December 13, 2002
In 2002, the YWCA announced the closing of its downtown Seattle warm-water swimming pool and fitness center to save money on upkeep and to make space for new human services programs. The decision was protested by frequent users, including many older women who relied on the relatively low-cost facilities to stay fit, rehabilitate from illness and surgery, and manage pain.…
ID Number:2000.107.20021213.CD02.01.001
Date:2002