Ways to honor your heritage that extend beyond a specific symbol:

1. Speak with a genealogist and see how far back you can trace your family’s roots.

2. Read up on your ancestors. How and why did they come to America? Or were they already here and found themselves displaced?

3. Learn the mother tongue of one of your ancestors.

4. Make a favorite family recipe that’s been handed down from generation to generation.

5. Pick a time and space in your family’s history and listen to what “popular music” would’ve sounded like for your ancestors.

6. Watch a classic film or read a classic literary work from a familial homeland.

7. Visit an important familial location and plant a tree or donate a park bench, so there’s always a little bit of you there.

8. Recreate a favorite family memory with the next generation.