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Attending the First Annual Korean American Day was a great honor. Thousands of Korean American's and family filled the capital building in Olympia. All four floors of the capital building were full of people trying to catch a glimpse of the celebration below. I really enjoyed seeing older Korean Men and Women celebrating, as this was a very proud moment for them all. Enormous proud smiles on many as they heard Korean songs and watched dancers and drummers do traditional Korean dances in front of diplomats and state representatives. The most represented age at this event was probably teenagers and youngsters with second being the elder Koreans. Everyone was amazed at the turnout and plans for next year will take this years' number of participants into account. I was also moved by the singing of the American and Korean National anthems. It was apparent there were many more Korean participants at this event when the singing of both anthems was ...
