A great man is one who collects knowledge the way a bee collects honey and uses it to help people overcome the difficulties they endure - hunger, ignorance and disease!
- Nikola Tesla

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
- Franklin Roosevelt

While their territory has been devastated and their homes despoiled, the spirit of the Serbian people has not been broken.
- Woodrow Wilson

Luka 1852 - 1903

 ОЂЕ ПОЧИВА

        ЛУКА

   КУКАВИЦА

     РОЂЕН

   У МОКРИНЕ

БОКА КОТОРСКА

  ОКТ. 15 1852

  ПРЕСТАВИСЕ

   У ВЈЕЧНОСТ

    ЈАН. 8. 1903

   У СУТОР КРИК

     ВЈЕЧНАМY

       ПАМЈАТ

    IN MEMORY

       LUKA

   KUKAVICA

      BORN

OCT. 15. 1852

  MOKRINE

   BOCHE

 DI SATTARO

    DIED

IN SUTTER CREEK

   JAN. 3. 1903

 

 

 

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