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“Portrait of America” Road Tour is not a traveling art show or a monsters of folk compilation. It’s a tour meant to promote participation in the U.S. Census and the van is stopping in New Rochelle tomorrow.

The tour heads to New Roc City from 2 to 6 p.m., where census staff will do interviews, have announcements, and give out educational material and promotional freebies — census Frisbees and key chains, anyone? Twelve vehicles have been making the rounds across the country since January, and the New York wheels are dubbed “Liberty.”

“Over $400 billion in federal monies will be allocated annually, and we want to be sure New Rochelle gets its fair share,”  said New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson.

For more information on the Road Tour, visit 2010census.gov/roadtour. For information on the City of New Rochelle’s Census efforts visit www.newrochelleny.com/census2010 .