Portuguese immigration to Hawaii began in 1878 when laborers from Madeira and the Azores migrated there to work in the sugarcane plantations. By the end of 1911, nearly 16,000 Portuguese immigrants ha
Madeira Islanders cutting sugarcane. About 6,000 of them by 1913 came to Hawaii to do the same work.
Portuguese-Hawaiian boy
French-Portuguese-Hawaiian woman
Malasadas are a popular Hawaiian pastry originating in the Azores islands.
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Portuguese Americans, also known as Luso-Americans, are citizens and residents of the United States who are connected to the country of Portugal by birth, ancestry, or citizenship.
Cabrillo National Monument in San Diego honors João Rodrigues Cabrilho, the first European to reach California in 1542.
Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, was founded by Portuguese Jews in 1763.
Peter Francisco was an Azorean born patriot of the American Revolutionary War.
Renowned composer and conductor John Philip Sousa