Today is the 25th anniversary of my family coming to America

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Oleg Volk

On this day in 1989, I flew to New York from Rome (which was a waypoint on the way from the USSR). Today, I flew back Rome to celebrate the anniversary with my parents who discovered America for me. My father is an American who was born in another country by mistake. He remedied that error as quickly as he could, bringing my mother and I along.

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23 Responses to Today is the 25th anniversary of my family coming to America

  1. DaddyBear says:
    May 23, 2014 at 2:54 pm

    Thank your parents for all of us. We are all made better by your families decision to come here.

  2. Old NFO says:
    May 23, 2014 at 3:01 pm

    +1 on DB… Y’all ARE a credit to America.

  3. Spike says:
    May 23, 2014 at 3:06 pm

    America is more than the sum of its parts, but I have to say, it would be much less without you and your family here.

    Thank you for choosing to be part of this great nation.

  4. Jenifer says:
    May 23, 2014 at 3:32 pm

    Families like yours are what America is all about!

  5. Linoge says:
    May 23, 2014 at 4:42 pm

    And the world is a better place for your father’s actions.

  6. Lyle says:
    May 23, 2014 at 5:36 pm

    Welcome home.

  7. Ross says:
    May 23, 2014 at 7:42 pm

    Congratulations, I just celebrated 14 years myself.

  8. Don Gwinn says:
    May 23, 2014 at 10:27 pm

    Can we keep you?

  9. LarryArnold says:
    May 23, 2014 at 10:47 pm

    Welcome + 25. Many more happy anniversaries.

  10. Gary Griffin says:
    May 24, 2014 at 12:41 am

    Again, Welcome home. Keep doing what you do. Gary

  11. K says:
    May 24, 2014 at 1:27 am

    Funny how that works. There are Americans all over the world who can’t or just haven’t gotten here yet. I had an office mate in grad school from the PRC who was American. He was required to return to China, but eventually managed to get back and live here. He was particularly enthused with the gun shows. Now if we could just convince the folks who were born here but aren’t Americans and would be happier someplace like, say North Korea, to go back “home”.

  12. Christopher Stivers says:
    May 24, 2014 at 10:16 am

    And we are richer for it, Mr Volk. 😀

  13. Yuriy Vereshchagin says:
    May 24, 2014 at 10:54 pm

    Thank you for coming here and staying with this country through everything, good and bad. I and many others love your work! Best of luck and health to you and your loved ones!

  14. Ed says:
    May 25, 2014 at 12:48 am

    All of my friends born under another flag are some of the best Americans I know.
    I in turn tell them that America is and always should be a state of mind.

    And although 25 years late, welcome home.

  15. Karl says:
    May 27, 2014 at 3:55 pm

    Thanks for posting this. It is a very important day and one to celebrate. Congrats on both escaping, and on your success!

  16. Shinola says:
    May 27, 2014 at 6:35 pm

    Welcome Mr. Volk. We are glad to count you among us here in the land of the free and the home of the brave!

  17. Jim says:
    May 28, 2014 at 3:20 pm

    “An American who was born in another country by mistake”. Love it! What a concept 🙂

  18. J says:
    May 29, 2014 at 9:17 pm

    God bless you all; we are honored to have you.

  19. NotClauswitz says:
    May 30, 2014 at 6:52 pm

    Thanks for coming! I wish your like-minded cousins would come too, and the ~Secret Europeens~ would just leave!

  20. Tom says:
    June 1, 2014 at 10:06 am

    Given the dramatic turn away from Freedom in the last 25 years, do you still think you made the right choice?

  21. Beaumont says:
    June 3, 2014 at 8:31 pm

    Congratulations! We need more like your family.

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