Washington, Oct. 23 -- Congressman Dave Joyce issued the following press release:
If you want to understand why the relationship between the United States and Croatia matters, you do not have to look across the Atlantic. You can look around Northeast Ohio.
For more than 150 years, Croatian immigrants and their descendants have been part of the story of this region. They came to Cleveland in the late 1860s looking for opportunity, worked in our factories, on our railroads and in construction, built businesses and neighborhoods, and established churches, schools, and cultural organizations that remain part of our communities today.
That history is especially important in Ohio's 14th Congressional District, which is home to around 10,000 Am...