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U.S. events to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Finland's independence, were kicked off at a little-known monument in Theodore Wirth Park honoring the beginning of Finnish immigration to Minnesota in 1864. It's the only public monument to Finland in the United States.
Jeff Wheeler has been a staff photographer for the Star Tribune since 1987. He's covered a broad range of assignments ranging from the Twins and Vikings playoff runs to Far North canoe adventures in the subarctic.
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