2007 Completed Events
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December 15, 2007
Emporia Slovaks learn how to make sausages.
Roman Adamka, with the Slovak Republic
Air Force and stationed at Nato
in Norfolk Nato, taught an enthusiastic group in Emporia how to make
Slovak sausages -- just in time for the holidays. Many families,
descended from Slovak immigrants who came to Virginia in the early 1900's enjoyed
authentic sausages, made with the same methods their ancestors used
November 3, 12, 17, 2007
Volunteer
Painters gathered at the Clerk's Office located
at the 1883 Courthouse Complex in Prince
George County,
which has been designated for the Czech/Slovak Exhibit at the Prince George County Historical
Society Regional
Museum. Since this past
spring one of our Czech descendents has volunteered to act as project
manager to help get the Clerk’s Office ready for use. Tremendous progress
has been made -- there have been a couple of lucky breaks in terms of the good
condition of the structure itself and the ability to secure volunteers from Ft.
Lee’s Warrant Officer’s training class (as their community involvement
project). More painting opportunities will be announced for 2008, with
the goal of getting the Clerk's Office ready for the Czech/Slovak
Exhibit. Click here
for current status of the renovation.
Contact czechsovak@verizon.net for questions and additional details.
Saturday,
November 17, 2007
Lutheran Ladies Kolache
Sale
St. John Lutheran
Church
1351 West Atlantic
Street
Emporia, Virginia
9:00
a.m.
Be early/on time for the rolled peacan kolaches --
they sell out quickly!
November
16, 2007
Meeting of the
Southside Virginia Czech/Slovak Heritage
Society
Friday,
November 16th 2007
7 p.m.
at the 1883 Courthouse
Prince George County
See and hear an update on the progress
of the renovation of the Clerk's Office for the Czech/Slovak Display
November
11, 2007
Prince George County Historical Society House Tour
Sunday,
November 11th, 2007
The Mizera
Czech/Slovak Homeplace was one of the featured
sites.
Click HERE
for tour brochure (Word Format)
For information about other sites on the
tour:
http://www.princegeorgevahistoricalsociety.org
November 9,
2007 -- SVCSHS members joined Helene Cincebeaux
at
her "Parade of Kroje" at
the Slovak Embassy in Washington
D.C.
Jozef Ivaska was the featured vocalist
and everyone participated
in a night of wild Slavic dancing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K36GWqxBJDc
photo credit: Daniel Muldrew
October 23, 2007
Czech/Slovaks
attend Czech/Austria/Hungary Joint National Day Celebration at Nato.
October
2-6, 2007
Czech/Slovak women to attend the National Trust
"Preservation Matters!" conference. Click here for details.
September
4, 2007
Area
Slovaks Attend Slovak National Day at NATO. Click here
for additional pictures.
Descendents of Slovak immigrants
who settled Virginia farms in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s were guests at
National Slovak Day at the North American Treaty Organization (NATO)
headquarters in Norfolk, VA on September 4, 2007. The Virginians joined
NATO headquarters’ staff and their families in a flag raising ceremony honoring
the Slovak Republic and a reception attended by
Supreme Allied Commander Transformation U.S. Air Force Gen. Lance L. Smith and
Minister of Defense of the Slovak Republic His Excellency Mr. Frantisek Kasicky.
At the
reception, the Southside Virginia Czech/Slovak Heritage Society exhibited
Slovak kroje (native folk dress) and other artifacts
illustrating the Slovak culture that can still be found in Virginia. The descendents, who
represented Slovak families who settled in the counties of Charles City,
Chesterfield, Greensville, Henrico, and Prince George, were the invited guests
of Roman Adamka, Administrator to the National
Liaison Representative of the Slovak Republic, who stated in a message to the
group, “I really appreciate all your support and willingness to come from all
across the region for every event you participated in. It is an honor to
have such wonderful people around, who are truly keeping the traditions of
their ancestors. And best of all is that I can see the true Slavic
heritage you are, so vividly, keeping alive.
August 5,
2007
Virginia Czech/Slovaks attend CzechFest
in Wilber, Nebraska.
Click here for pictures
May 26,
2007
Czech/Slovak display at the 1883 Courthouse -- Prince George
County Historical Society.
Click here
for pictures
May 20,
2007
100 year celebration of St. John Nepomucene
Catholic Church, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, founded by Czech/Slovaks in 1907.
April 21,
2007
Click here for
pictures of 2007 Natofest!
Four representatives from Southside Virginia Czech/Slovak Heritage
Society met in Norfolk
to re-connect with the Slovak and Czech Republic Nato representatives. As last year, there were
plenty of marching bands, floats, give-aways, food, amd fun. For us, however, the best part was
re-connecting with Roman Adamek, the Slovak Nato liaison, and meeting Marek Popelar, the
Czech Nato liaison. They showered us with
courtesy and attention, and we left enthused with the possibilities of
on-going contacts with these fine representatives of our ancestors'
homelands.