In my journal entry of a subordinate group member I will be talking about is Puerto Rican.
I remember when I was a young girl moving from Puerto Rico to the United States. My family and I were moving to Maine from Puerto Rico. I was very sad to be moving away from my home to a new place where I didn’t know anyone and didn’t know what to expect. My family was dealing with a lot in Puerto Rico, we had lost our home and they lost their jobs. So we had no choice to move to the United States. My trip to Portland, Maine was unforgettable. When we got on the plane to go to the United States it was very scary, since I had never been on an airplane before. We took off from the runway to go to the United States; I was looking out the window. I could see so much from air, everything looked so small. I was so sad that we were leaving our home, but my mom started talking about our history.
Back in the Spanish-American War of 1898, Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain to the United States. When the 1900’s came around the U.S. Congress established a civil government on the island. In result of this Puerto Ricans began to migrate to the United States, and almost immediately after this the island became a U.S. protectorate.
It was such a long trip to Portland, Maine. We had to land in Philadelphia International Airport for a three hour layover. I found it very interesting, the airport was so big and many different kinds of people in the airport. It was time to board the plane to get to Portland, Maine. After riding on another plane for two hours to Portland, Maine we had arrived to a whole new place. I was very nervous, but we had to go through customs. But we had no problem going through customs because my parents and I were born in Puerto Rico, and because we were born in Puerto Rico we were already considered American Citizens. Once we arrived in Maine, we had family living there