Finnish Cultural Garden One World Day August 28, 2022
The Cleveland Finnish community demonstrated their proud heritage at One World Day in the Cleveland Cultural Gardens. One World Day has been the official event of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation since 1946. Over 40,000 people visited the gardens on One World Day 2022.
The Finnish community participated in the Parade of Flags which was moderated by TV news personalities Danielle Wiggins (Ch.3), Kelly Dobeck (Ch. 19), Tracy Carloss (Ch. 5) and Maia Belay (Ch. 8). Olympic Gold medalist Dominique Moceanu (Magnificent Seven Gymnastics Team 1996) was the Grand Marshall of the Parade of Flags and she marched with Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb and other dignitaries.
Finnish Cultural Garden in Parade of Flags
Here is a video of the entire Parade of Flags.
They then welcomed visitors to the Finnish Garden and shared their culture.
Finnish Cultural Garden on One World Day
Finnish Cultural Garden delegate Ken Quiggle
Finnish Cultural Garden cutouts
Finnish Cultural Garden group
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