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Australia

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Māris Viktors Ozols, London, England

United States

Andrejs Baidiņš, Wilmington, Delaware
Vilis Kārlis Bārdiņš, Ada, Michigan
Gunārs Bekmans, Sebastopol, California
Alexander Berkovich, Houston, Texas
Jolanta Bērziņš, Centerville, Massachusetts
Inta Bingham, Page, Arizona
Gunārs Briedis, Greenfield, Wisconsin
Balva Caffrey, Edina, Minnesota
Aina Cerliņa, Willimantic, Connecticut
Council of American Latvian Organizations of New York Inc., Bronx, New York
Anita Demants, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Raymond Dinvalds, Dayton, Ohio
Rita Drone, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Imants Eicēns, Wewahitchka, Florida
Arturs Ezeriņš, Arlington Heights, Illinois
John Freivalds, Dubuque, Iowa
Eriks Gunārs Fricsons, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey
Gunārs Graudiņš, Arlington Heights, Illinois
Jane Harris, Jamestown, Rhode Island
Nai C Hironaka, Waianae, Hawaii
Martin Isaks, Salem, New Hampshire
Marcel Kārkliņš, Little Rock, Arkansas
Ilze Kļaviņa, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Kārlis Kilkuts, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Paulis Kupšis, Olympia, Washington
Latvian Church Dievturi, Chicago, Illinois
Lois Leeberg, Gosport, Indiana
Baiba Liepiņa, Chicago, Illinois
Indulis Liepiņš, Spring Lake, Michigan
Marta P MacKenzie, Comptche, California
Andrews Macs, Federal Way, Washington
Andrejs Makwitz, Chicago, Illinois
Māris Mantenieks, Medina, Ohio
Elmārs Mateus, Jenison, Michigan
Ruta Freimanis McNichol, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania
Maija Mednis, Blackwood, New Jersey
Māris Mežs, Lakewood, Washington
Valdis and Anita Mucenieks, Greenwood, Minnesota
Miko Ortiz, Shorewood, Wisconsin
Anita Nāgelis, Chicago, Illinois
Marija Skutāns Netz, Fridley, Minnesota
New Jersey Latvian Society, Freehold, New Jersey
Jānis Robiņš, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Māris Roze, Villa Park, Illinois
Rita Schultz, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Robert Stapf, Germantown, Maryland
Ruta Straumanis, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Ilze Šīmane, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Māra Ubāns, Portland, Maine
Indulis Valters, Pine Springs, Minnesota
Gunta Krasts Voutyras, Clemons, New York
Dace Weiss, Sidney, Maine
Ruta Zariņa, Rochester, New York
Maija Zaeska, Delano, Minnesota
Juris Žagariņš, Springfield, Massachusetts
Jānis Zeltiņš, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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