Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 20th, 2000
Delicate brush strokes spanned two continents Friday. At a first-ever exhibition of western-style calligraphy, done by Japanese women living in the Northwest suburbs, east met west.
Megumi Miyata of Mount Prospect has a hard time speaking English. But she learned a little more about the culture when she wrote out the Pledge of Allegiance in calligraphy and etched it over a print of the American flag.
"My daughter goes to an American school, and every morning she says the Pledge of Allegiance," Miyata said. "I wanted to do this for her."
Likewise, Toshimi Hashimoto of Arlington Heights car...
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