The sign outside the William Tell restaurant in Chicago, Illinois. The Swiss Roots project launched by Presence Switzerland, the Swiss government's promotional arm, in 2006 is aimed at helping one million Americans of Swiss descent discover their ancestral roots. Photographer Geri Stocker travelled to America to record some traces of Swiss presence.
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"Gruetzi," a traditional Swiss greeting at the entrance of a restaurant in New Glarus, Wisconsin
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Swiss mountain resort Engelberg has a counterpart: a road sign outside Pocahontas, Arkansas
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Geneva... in Indiana
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Not Swiss: the First Bank of Bern, Bern, Indiana
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The cemetery in Lucerne, Missouri
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Switzerland is everywhere, even in deepest America.
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The Swiss Roots project launched by Presence Switzerland, the Swiss government’s promotional arm, in 2006 is aimed at helping one million Americans of Swiss descent discover their ancestral roots. Photographer Geri Stocker travelled to America to record some traces of Swiss presence.
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