Packing6

*Late 20th-century Immigration*

More recently, from about 1965 to the present, many immigrants including Azoreans, Cape Verdeans and English have emigrated to the Plymouth area, along with Viet Namese, Cambodians and Laotians. Many of them traveled with suitcases full of practical items like clothing and a few cherished possessions, often religious in nature.

A late 20th century fabric suitcase, brought to Plymouth by Manny Rosa when he emigrated from Cape Verde in 1965.

Other families were able to pack a crate with their furniture and other possessions. Some have actually recycled the packing crates into furniture. Today immigrants from South and Central America, particularly Brazil and Mexico, are settling in the Plymouth area.

And so the cycle continues...