Author: Nieznany
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Dyngus Day (Volunteer Appreciation) – Mar. 28, 2016
Dyngus Day is an old Polish Easter Monday custom. Also, Polish Museum volunteers will be rewarded for their service over the last year. Festivities will begin at 5 pm on Monday, March 28, 2016. The following article was contributed to Nowy Wiarus by Polish Museum volunteer Dan Schyma of Minneapolis, MN: JAJKA I DYNGUS DZIEN’…
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May Crowning – May 1, 2016
The May Crowning will be celebrated on Sunday, May 1, 2016 at 2:00 pm. Further information will be announced on this page as it is provided.
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Oplatki Sunday: December 6, 2015
One of the loveliest old traditions of the Polish people that still continues today in many Winona homes, is that of the Oplatki. Oplatek was, and is still, a thin unleavened wafer similar to altar bread. It is known as the bread of love and is often sent from Poland to Winona relatives yet to…
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Polish Constitution Day 2015
On May 3, 1791 Poland became the second nation in history to adopt a written constitution. Although the Polish nation has suffered much afterward, Polish Constitution Day lives forever in Polish hearts. Winona’s Kashubian Poles first celebrated this event in 1890 with parades and a speech by Hieronim Derdowski, editor of Winona’s Polish newspaper, Wiarus.…