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FROM OUR DISTRICT MASTER - Bo carlsson
Hälsningar!
Welcome to the website of Pennsylvania District #9 of the Vasa Order of America!
We are excited to have a real presence on the World Wide Web. District Lodge Pennsylvania #9 was established in 1908 to form a regional umbrella for local lodges in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. Most of our activities are conducted through our local lodges Nobel-Monitor #130 in Cleveland, OH, Drott #168 in Potomac, MD, and Svea #296 in Erie, PA. Like many other fraternal and ethnic organizations in the United States, we have seen our membership decline in recent decades and several local lodges disappear. But the Executive Board of the District is determined to turn things around. Re-launching our websites at the District, as well as, each of the local lodges is a first step in that effort. While most of our current members are 2nd or 3rd generation Swedish-Americans, we are aware that there are many Swedes who have arrived in our area more recently, along with many others, who share our interest in preserving and celebrating our Swedish cultural heritage. We are planning in the coming months and years to expand our activities both at the local lodge level and through collaboration across the District. We invite you to join us in that effort! Please check out our websites to see how our plans unfold.
Bo Carlsson
District Master
Pennsylvania District #9
OUR NEW DISTRICT NEWSLETTER
In addition to our new website, we also have a District #9 Newsletter. We will send it out regularly, approximately 4 times per year. For current information about each of the Lodges go to their websites:
svea-erielodge.org
drott-lodge.org
Nobelmonitor-lodge.org
Check out the News Tab. In the section for District Newsletters, read Spring 1992 Distrikt Tidningen!
Make sure that you sign-up for the Newsletter! Click here: Sign-up Today For Our District No. 9 Newsletter!
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Phrase of the Month: A Swede doesn’t tell you to “chill,” they ask you to “bring your spikes down”: Tagga ned. From: Matadornetwork.com |
OTHER INTERESTING EVENTS IN THE OHIO/PENNSYLVANIA/MARYLAND/DC AREAS
Flagship Niagara League, Erie, PA - Do you have a high school Viking in your life? Check out SailFNL.org. Erie's Flagship Niagara League offers a 2 week sailing immersion program aboard the US Brig Niagara. $2000 tuition includes lodging and all meals aboard Niagara, instruction, program materials, and admissions. Young men and women from around the country come to learn to steer, stand lookout, handle the rigging and climb the 12 story tall rig to loose out and furl sail. Definitely not for the feint hearted but definitely a learning experience of a lifetime! Tentative weeks: June 7-20 and June 28-July 11.
Jamestown, NY - Scandinavian Folk Festival - July 14-16, 2023 at the Northwest Arena, Jamestown, NY
Luray, Virginia - Luray Caverns - The cavern system is adorned with speleothems such as columns, mud flows, stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, and mirrored pools. The caverns are perhaps best known for the Great Stalacpipe Organ, a lithophone made from solenoid-fired strikers that tap stalactites of various sizes to produce tones similar to those of xylophones, tuning forks, or bells. (Wikipedia).
Cleveland, Ohio - The Henry Ford - Motor Muster at Greenfield Village, June 17-18, 2023, an historic vehicle show. You might also want to visit the Factory Tour and the Museum of American Innovation at The Henry Ford complex.
Not a member yet?Active communication is very important to grow our three Lodges and make a difference. If you have not signed-up yet, here is your chance to become a member in one of our Lodges: Nobel-Monitor, Svea, or Drott. Click and Sign-up below |