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10-30-2006, 04:30 PM
The Dominican and Puerto Rican flags that were flown to space on a NASA flight will be displayed in honor of the two Latino communities at Hostos Community College on Grand Avenue in the Bronx, New York. During a ceremony commemorating the act, Congressman Jose Serrano and Astronaut Michael J. Massimino presented the college with the flags. According to Hoy newspaper, Senator Serrano explained that he wanted to pay tribute to the Dominican and Puerto Rican communities in the United States and that sending the flags to space was a great way to do so. He said he wanted to give Hostos College the flags in homage to a school named after a Puerto Rican who worked and is buried in Santo Domingo. The Dominican consul in New York, Marcos Montilla, was present at the ceremony.
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