This past weekend marked 100 years to the day that Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist. "The shot heard 'round the world," as it came to be known, sparked a series of retaliatory actions taken as a result of entangling alliances that had been formed among European nations for complicated reasons.

We are a nation of immigrants. Virtually every U.S. resident (other than Native Americans, or American Indians) traces his or her roots to foreign ancestry – whether they are first, second, third or 30^th generation. What is different in the 21^st century, perhaps, from other eras in American immigration history, are the countries of origin and the skin colors of today’s foreign-born U.S. residents.

The recent Super Bowl held in New Jersey, and the events surrounding the game held throughout the New York metropolitan area for the first time, have called even more attention to what is undoubtedly the most important day in American sports annually.

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