Description: BIRMINGHAM ETHNIC FESTIVAL-Toledo Ohio 1975-2015 lot of 41 SOUVENIR BOOKS set BIRMINGHAM ETHNIC FESTIVAL-Toledo,Ohio,1975-2015 SOUVENIR BOOKS lot of 41 vintage souvenir books ANNUAL BIRMINGHAM ETHNIC FESTIVAL lot of 41 vintage souvenir books, dating from 1975 to 2015 All in very good, solid condition. 1st (1975),2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th, 38th, 39th 40th, 41st Every single souvenir book starting with the very first all the way to the 41st in 2015... you will never see a COMPLETE COLLECTION like this again!!! This yearly ethnic festival celebrates the historic Hungarian neighborhood in East Toledo (Ohio), centered around St. Stephen’s Church (Epiphany of the Lord Parish) on Consaul Street. + + + I have a lot of great items available, both in auctions and my eBay store. Please feel free to browse. Free local pick up available to save on shipping more my local friends! ---- About The Annual Birmingham Ethnic Festival, a celebration of the community’s ethnic heritage, will held on the 3rd weekend in August on Consaul Street in East Toledo’s Birmingham neighborhood. This family event features Hungarian and ethnic foods, arts and crafts exhibits, cultural displays, and a wide varity of music, dance and continuous entertainment. Among the offerings: St. Stephen’s Catholic Church, the Hungarian Club of Toledo, VFW Post 4906 and Calvin United Church of Christ will feature their famous chicken paprikas and kolbasz dinners, as well as Hungarian pastries, paprikas noodles & gravy, kolbasz sandwiches, stuffed cabbages, and szalona sutes. Eagle Academy will provide children’s games and activities. Ethnic dance groups will entertain and vendors will be set up all along the street. History of the Birmingham Ethnic Festival Born of events which took place in our community four decades ago, the Birmingham Ethnic Festival has come to be known as a Weekend in the Old Country. Over the years, thousands have come on this third weekend of August to share in the ethnic traditions, diverse culture and heritage for which Birmingham is known. Over the years, several sets of railroad tracks on Consaul Street have been an ongoing source of frustration for motorists traveling between Toledo, Oregon and points east. Traffic is often stopped at these crossings by the trains. Through the 1950s and 1960s the Birmingham community sought to have a roadway built over the tracks, but to no avail. When the city finally agreed to construct the overpass, plans called for a four lane bridge and the eventual widening of Consaul Street to four lanes, as well. This construction would have eliminated every building on one side of Consaul Street. The heart of our community would have been torn from us. The Birmingham Neighborhood Coalition (B.N.C.) was organized in April of 1974 in response to this threat of destruction. Organizations representing all segments of the community came together to fight the widening of Consaul Street and subsequently to address other issues in the neighborhood. In the years since the founding of the B.N.C., the people of Birmingham have successfully addressed a wide range of problems. We are again fighting for our neighborhood (through the Birmingham Development Corporation) to minimize the impact of the expansion of the Collins Water Treatment Plant and to preserve as many homes near Collins Park as possible. The first festival planning committee was chaired by Paul G. Hayden and included nearly 40 people, representing almost every church and organization within the neighborhood. From the first Festival Book we read the goals of this annual event as written by the founders: Our intention is to point to the spirit of the original ethnic settlers in Birmingham. Their cooperation and unity of purpose was the foundation for the building of this community. The motivating purpose of the early settlers was their faith in the American ideal of success being equally available to all who are willing to work toward that end. The Birmingham Ethnic Festival is an outgrowth of pride and enthusiasm of the Birmingham community, and its desire to share with greater Toledo a taste of the ethnic flavor which has so permeated the neighborhood. This pride has been a factor of great cohesiveness, sustaining the neighborhood through many threats to its very existence. The Birmingham neighborhood has shown a concerted and serious attention to the betterment of the community, to the projects of beautification, renovation and preservation. This festival seeks, through its activities, to provide a means whereby the aspirations of the Birmingham community may be realized as fully as possible in the future. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS BIRMINGHAM AND ITS PEOPLE FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. WE LOVE THIS COMMUNITY, ONE OF AMERICAS FINEST!
Price: 66.21 USD
Location: Toledo, Ohio
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Book Title: HUNKY FEST
Author: Unknown
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: US: 20th Century
Publication Year: 2015
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Format: Paperback
Subject: History
