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PBS American Portrait: Annie Graver

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As part of the PBS American Portrait Series, WNED PBSis taking some of the stories from our Making Buffalo Home project and both preparing them for a national audience while featuring them on WBFO. You can hear the segments every Monday morning for the next several weeks.

Today meet Annie Graver. Her third-generation Polish-American family honors the tradition of making Kie?basa as part of their Easter celebration. From preparing the meat, to chopping the wood, tending the fire and constantly checking the sausage, these meaning-filled traditions are handed down to the next generation.

Share your American Portrait moment atwww.pbs.org/american-portrait

Production support has been provided by a grant from PBS and by viewers like you.

Making Buffalo Home:  Buffalo’s history is marked by waves of immigrants from places, such as Germany, Ireland, Poland, Italy, Hungary, Ukraine and more recently from Burma, Somalia, Bhutan and Iraq. Many come as immigrants seeking opportunities. Others come as refugees escaping persecution and violence. 

This in-depth digital engagement initiative is raising  awareness of  all our region's ethnic heritage, to help the region develop a better understanding of the  opportunities and challenges we face together as long-time residents, new immigrants and refugees.

Explore the Making Buffalo Home series atwww.wned.org/makingbuffalohome

Making Buffalo Home is funded by Rich Products Corporation and Rich Family Foundation.

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