The Irish Garden Club Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians Murphy Irish Arts Association

Proud Sponsors of the Irish Cultural Garden

Celebrate One World Day 2019

Italian Cultural Garden

CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (TRI-C®) SALUTES CLEVELAND CULTURAL GARDENS FEDERATION’S

ONE WORLD DAY 2019 PEACE THROUGH MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING

THANK YOU for 74 years celebrating Cleveland’s history and ethnic diversity

The Italian Cultural Garden was dedicated in 1930 “as tri-c.edu a symbol of Italian culture to American democracy.” 216-987-6000 Love of Beauty is Taste - The Creation of Beauty is Art 19-0830 216-916-7780 • 990 East Blvd. Cleveland, OH 44108 The Ukrainian Cultural Garden with the support of Cleveland Selfreliance Federal Credit Union

celebrates 28 years of Ukrainian independence and One World Day 2019

CZECH CULTURAL GARDEN 880 East Blvd. - south of St. Clair

The Czech Garden is now sponsored by The Garden features many statues including composers Dvorak and Smetana, bishop and Sokol Greater educator Komensky – known as the “father of Cleveland modern education”, and statue of T.G. Masaryk founder and first president of Czechoslovakia. The More information at statues were made by Frank Jirouch, a Cleveland czechculturalgarden born sculptor of Czech descent. Many thanks to the Victor Ptak family for financial support! .webs.com

DANK—Cleveland & The German Garden Cultural Foundation of Cleveland

Welcome all of the One World Day visitors to the German Garden of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens

The German American National congress, also known as DANK (Deutsch Amerikan- ischer National Kongress), is the largest organization of Americans of Germanic descent. We have had a very busy past year sponsoring bus trips to Toledo for the German- American Fest, and Pittsburgh for Christkindlesmarkt, and Milwaukee for German Fest. Our German Meet Up group is up and running. The German Garden & Cultural Founda- tion is now the official sponsor of the German Garden.

The German Garden and Cultural Foundation of Cleveland was formed and incorporated at the end of 2017 as a 501(c)3 Foundation. We are looking for volunteers to help us out in maintaining the garden.

- Membership is available at www.DANK.org

Cleveland Männerchor Club www.DANKCleveland.org 4515 State Road DANKCleveland (Facebook) Cleveland, OH 44109 [email protected]

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The Centennial Peace Plaza is underway; join us in the effort to enhance our Cultural Gardens As you pass by the CCGF kiosk, the center point of Martin Luther King Boulevard, you will notice on this One World Day a construction site. Perhaps not beautiful now, it’s a source of great pride to the Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation.

SAVE 25% OFF That is the site of what promises to be a spectacular Centennial Peace Admission Prices Using CirclePass Plaza.

Use your CirclePass to explore all that The idea for the Peace Plaza was born in 2016, the centennial University Circle has to offer –at a savings! anniversary of the Cultural Gardens. That’s when board members CirclePass offers admission to: decided the anniversary should be marked by an honoring of the past and a launch into the future. • Cleveland Botanical Garden • Cleveland History Center The Federation embarked on a campaign to build a central gathering • Cleveland Museum of Natural History space to serve as a main stage for One World Day and a performance space for education and arts and culture events from spring through fall.

PROUDLY SPONSORED BY The circular plaza will be 100-feet in diameter and feature a prominent stage and amphitheater seating. It will be eco-friendly with permeable pavers to reduce stormwater runoff.

Purchase your tickets and learn more As you can see, the project’s first phase is well underway, and our capital campaign has at circlepass.universitycircle.org exceeded our expectations. We are raising funds for phase two, which will include an entranceway and aesthetic enhancements, as well as landscaping and reserves for ongoing maintenance.

Proud To Be A Part Of OWD 2019 Our dream is for the plaza to draw residents from the neighborhood, city, region, state, And The Grand Mosaic Of Cleveland Cultural Gardens country and the world to the Cultural Gardens to hear music, revel in a dance performance, take part in an educational forum, and enjoy even more this beautiful treasure in the heart of Cleveland. We are on our way to becoming a bigger and better destination spot. Please join us in this effort. For information on how to donate, call 216-220-3075.

INDIA CULTURAL GARDEN 1190 Martin Luther King Boulevard

THE SERBIAN GARDEN WELCOMES YOU TO ONE WORLD DAY!

VISIT THE SERBIAN CULTURAL GARDEN!

The Serbian Cultural Garden is honored to be the host garden for this year’s One World Day Naturalization Ceremony. Please join Dear friends of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens: us immediately following the parade for the Naturalization PRESIDENT Sheila M. Crawford Ceremony and a full schedule of singers, dancers, contests, etc. Welcome to One World Day 2019. As board president of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation, VICE PRESIDENTS it is Paulmy Burik honor to greet you as we celebrate the many cultures of Northeast Ohio. The Serbian Cultural Garden, which was dedicated on October 5, 2008, was inspired by the Anda Cook people and land of Serbia. A gently curving path winds through the Garden's mature beech ThisDr. Richard is our Crepage 74th consecutive One World Day, making it one of the oldest continuously running events

and oak trees. The central plaza, which includes a symbolic cube of a Serbian crest, also in theEXECUTIVE city of Cleveland. Of that, we are very proud. "Only Unity Saves SECRETARY features a raised circular concrete seating area inscribed with the motto, Mary Hamlin the Serbs”. The plaza also includes a bronze icon of Saint Sava. This is a colorful, warm, energetic and entertaining event for the entire family. We hope you enjoy the ParadeRECORDING of Flags, the naturalization ceremony for new citizens of the United States, and music, food SECRETARY Small terraces provide places to rest throughout the Serbian Cultural Garden, each one andPaula dance Tilisky in the individual gardens. Our many gardens have prepared lively activities for you; come centered on a great figure from Serbia's past. The garden has busts featuring: King Peter I, learn about these cultures and enjoy. We also have a Children’s Village that is sure to entertain the Design and liberator of the Serbian people; Mihajlo Pupin, extraordinary scientist; poet Petar Petrović wholePreservation family. Chair Berj Shakarian Njegoš, an Orthodox Prince-Bishop and ruler of Montenegro; Stevan Mokranjac, composer; Vuk Karadzić, author of the first Serbian dictionary and chronicler of Serbian folklore; Nikola OneMarketing World Chairs Day also is a time to thank the ethnic and cultural communities who devote their time and Dan Hanson Tesla, inventor and genius; Mileva Marić, brilliant Serbian physicist and mathematician and resources to building, maintaining and growing their Cultural Gardens. They are the foundation of Debbie Hanson wife of Albert Einstein; Milutin Milanković, renowned astrophysicist; and Nadežda Petrović, our organization and make Rockefeller Park the treasure that it is. Community Relations a Serbian painter from the late 19th and early 20th centuries and considered Serbia's most Chair ThankYvonne you Conwell to Johnny Wu, our producer, and the entire One World Day team of coordinators, famous impressionist and fauvist. including Sheila Crawford, Angela Shute Woodson, Tom Turkaly, Oahn Loi-Powell, Asim Datta, Dan EXECUTIVEBOARD King Peter I Mihajlo Pupin Petar Njegoš Stevan Mokranjac Vuk Karadžić HansonPierre Bejjani and Laura Tereshko. This day also wouldn’t be possible without the scores of volunteers who Carl Ewing help us with a multitude of tasks. Larry Hocevar Theodozia Krislaty TheErika Cleveland Puussaar Cultural Gardens are a source of great pride for Cleveland, our region and the nation. ThereSvetlana is Stolyarova nothing like this park in the entire United States or the world. It is a gem and we want it to George Terbrack be Thomas a vital Turkaly part of Cleveland’s renaissance.

WhileOWD you Chairs are here, please check out the site of our Centennial Peace Plaza, now under construction. SlatedDr. Richard to Crepagebe a vital part of next year’s One World Day, the plaza will be a circular gathering area with Nikola Tesla Mileva Marić Milutin Milanković Nadežda Petrović St. Sava Svetlana Stolyarova a stage and amphitheater seating. We invite you to join us in our capital campaign for phase two of thisOWD project; TREASURER you can do so by calling 216-220-3075. Thomas Turkaly

TheOWD Gardens Producer are vibrant and growing. Please join us in that growth. Come to the Cultural Gardens on Johnny Wu a regular basis; enjoy this beautiful park and spread the word to your friends and family. Have a great One World Day! Thanks for coming. SERBIAN CULTURAL GARDEN AWaelFRICAN Khoury,-AMERICAN MD * AMERICAN * AMERICAN LEGION PEACE GARDENS OF THE STATES AND OF THE NATIONS * ALBANIAN ARMENIAN * AZERBAIJANI * BRITISH (SHAKESPEARE) * CHINESE * CROATIAN * CZECH * ESTONIAN * ETHIOPIAN * FINNISH * GERMAN GREEK * HEBREW * HUNGARIAN * INDIA * IRISH * ITALIAN * KOREAN * LATVIAN * LEBANESE * LITHUANIAN * NATIVE-AMERICAN POLISH * ROMANIAN * RUSIN * RUSSIAN * SCOTTISH * SERBIAN LOCATION: MAILING ADDRESS: * SLOVAK * SLOVENIAN * SYRIAN * TURKISH * UKRAINIAN VIETNAMESE AFRICAN-AMERICAN * AMERICAN * AMERICAN LEGION PEACE GARDENS OF THE STATES * ALBANIAN ARMENIAN * AZERBAIJANI 770 Martin Luther King Boulevard P. O. BOX 98196 * BRITISH (SHAKESPEARE) * CHINESE * COLOMBIAN * CROATIAN * CZECH * ESTONIAN * ETHIOPIAN * FINNISH * GERMAN GREEK * HEBREW * HUNGARIAN * INDIA * IRISH * ITALIANThe * Cleveland KOREAN * Cultural LATVIAN Gardens * LEBANESE Federation * LITHUANIAN (TCCGF) * NATIVE-AMERICAN * PAKISTANI Cleveland, OH 44105 Cleveland, OH 44101 th * PEACE GARDEN OF1163 THE East NATION 40 Street* POLISH #205A * ROMANIAN Cleveland, * RUSINOH 44114 * RUSSIAN Tel. (440) * SCOTTISH 668-5651 * SERBIAN www.clevelandculturalgardens.org * SLOVAK * SLOVENIAN * SYRIAN Website: www.serbianculturalgarden.org * TURKISH * UKRAINIAN * UZBEKISTAN * VIETNAMESE The Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation (TCCGF) For more information: Phone: (216) 716-4305 or Email: [email protected] 10823 Magnolia Drive Cleveland, OH 44106 Tel.: 216-220-3075 www.clevelandculturalgardens.org 16 74th Annual One World Day 17 www.ClevelandOneWorldDay.org Please thank our sponsors and donors for their support! Please thank our sponsors and donors for their support! Presented by: Sponsors:

Media Sponsors:

Bronze Gardens:

Associate Gardens:

Friends: Hellenic Preservation Society

Thanks: DesignMonkey, Ltd., Glenville Community Foundation, Jeffrey Johnson, All the Volunteers at 2019 One World Day, All the gardens that are participating at 2019 One World Day, Photos appeared in this booklet, postcard, and poster thanks to Dan Hanson, Debbie Hanson, Wayne Wong, Hans Kopp, 2017 and 2018 One World Day Volunteer Photographers and many others. The ROMANIAN CULTURAL GARDEN Sends 74th Annual One World Day Commitee Members Congratulations & Best Wishes for a Successful ONE WORLD DAY Celebration! Executive Committee Parade / Ceremony Vendor Wael Khuory, President Angela Shute Woodson Oanh Loi-Powell Lori Ashyk, Executive Director Torr Smith David Huang Thomas Turkaly, Treasurer OWD Lester Holmes Siu-Yan Scott Sharon “Arjay” Johnson Dorjan Scott Producer Wendy McDonald Hunter Chinja Scott Johnny K. Wu Aretha Graham Lisa Wong Al Griffin Vera Boggs Performance Michael Shockley Alex Boggs Sheila Crawford Chynna Baldwin Erika Boggs Johnny Wu Mrs. Adams Michael Powell Bob Crawford Martin King Marketing / Media Michael Gibbons Logistics / Safety Dan Hanson Myah Tang Asim Datta Debbie Hanson Rohit Shastry Follow us! Steven Jung Loresa Novy Ewyn Tsang LisaWong Volunteer / Survey Proposed Romanian Cultural Garden Jennifer Feierabend Mary Ellen Tomazic Laura Tereshko Enhancement Project romaniangarden.net

20 21 Thank you to all the 2019 One World Day Volunteers! as of 7/20/2019 Subject to change.

Michael Allen Amy Guthrie Karla Petrucci Lisa Anderson Jerilyn Hagan Dee Price Milovan Andonov Sandra Harrell Linda Reed Kathleen Aranavage Barbara Harris Juliette Regnier Luis Aranda Adele Hetzel Kathryn Reinhardt Dorane Biggers Mark Horning Joseph P. Roberts April Bizzell Robert Reid, II Cheryl Russell Joanne Blanchard Chandra Jackson Karrie Santiago Alaska Bliss Natalia Jamison Joan Semenec Audrey Brown-Sissoko Maria Kaiser Andrew Smith Patricia Buckhold Aaron Kasunic Betty Smith “Tere” from the Clark Button Jenny Kerschner Denise Smith Cleveland Estonian Community Eunice Cabrera Martin King Brenda Steele Carla Campanella Barbara Langford Cynthia Stoerkel Dave Ciborek Philip Lyon Shelia Taylor Ladye Crosby Rosemarie Malkin Esther Trepal Eddie Dangerfield Barbara McQueen Cindy Walker Connie Davis Dreama Mecklenburg Pamela Walker Wilenice De Jesus Alanna Meyers-Kiousis Renee Leslie White-Wildon Yovanni G. De Jesus Norma Morales Kathryn (Kitty) Williams John Dunlavey Katy Moynihan Charmayne Williamson Joyce Gallagher Jennifer Murphy Jene Wilson Carol Gatto Rick Painley Jeffrey Yancey Silje Gridsvag Patricia Pearce Yehudhe Yehudah

22 2018 OWD Orientation. Photos by One World Day’s volunteers and friends 23 Cleveland Cultural Gardens ONE WORLD DAY

2019 Opening & Naturalization Ceremony

12:00pm Parade of Flags MC: Chris Tanaka, Sheila Crawford

1:15pm Posting of Colors

1:20pm National Anthem (Serbian Men’s Choir “Kosovo”) Councilman Kevin Conwell presents Welcome Dr. Wael Khoury, President Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation 2019 ONE WORLD DAY NATURALIZATION CEREMONY Mayor Frank G. Jackson City of Cleveland Congratulations to the New Citizens of Coucilwoman Yvonne Conwell Cuyahoga County Council The United States of America

Councilman Kevin Conwell City of Cleveland

Recognition of Dignitaries Sheila M. Crawford Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation

Naturalization Ceremony

Pledge of Allegiance Hawken School and Cleveland International School

America the Beautiful

Some of the new US citizens from Cleveland Cultural Gardens One World Day September 16, 2018

24 Poster designed by Oanh Loi-Powell Subject to Change 25 South North

Subject to Change Subject to Change One World Day Gardens Performance Subject to Change, See previous page’s map for location SPECIAL EVENTS NORTH END of the Gardens 12:00PM - German Garden #23 (MLK) - Parade of Flags Kick Off Korean Garden #8 Polish Garden #15 (continued) 3PM - Fan Dance & Music 1:15PM - Serbian Garden #6 - Welcome & Naturalization Ceremonies 1:30PM - 2:30PM - Polish dancing performances by PIAST and GORALE. Additional activities in between (See next page) Vietnamese Garden #10 2PM - 4PM - Pierogi pinching classes 11:00PM - Flag Raising Ceremonies 2PM - 4PM - Polish storytelling in English Subject to Change, See previous page’s map for location 2:00PM - Entertainment 2PM - 4PM - Polish language classes SOUTH END of the Gardens Music & Singing, Dancing, Fashion Show, Vietnamese Cuisine Demonstration Romanian Garden #5 Chinese Garden #35 Croatian Garden (Upper) #26 1:00PM - Anthems – USA & Romania 2:15PM - Chinese Folk Dance - Cleveland 1:30PM - Cleveland Junior Tamburitzans Russian Garden #7 2:00PM - Romanian Baptist Church Choir Contemporary Chinese Culture Association 11:00AM - Children’s Talent Show Hungarian Garden Upper #24 2:30PM - Choir of the Bunavestire Orthodox 3PM - Dayton Qipao Troupe - Dance Performance 1:00PM - Band Inuendo 2:00PM - St. Elizabeth Dancers Church 2:00PM - Unveiling of Gagarin’s bust Irish Garden #32 music & demonstration 2:45PM - Singer Stefan Stoichitoiu 2:45PM - Cuyahoga Cossacks / Paprika 12:00PM - No Strangers Here - Irish Band 3:00PM - Elizabeth Papp-Taylor 3:00PM - “Razesti” Vocal Group from St. Mary Dancers - Russian Folk music 1:45PM - Murphy Irish Dancers Hungarian Storyteller Orthodox Church 3:30PM - Band Inuendo 2:30PM - Irish Storyteller 3:30PM - Rubic’s Cube Challenge 3:15PM - Miorita - Bunavestire Orthodox Church 5:30 PM - Open Mic – Children’s activities 3:30PM - No Strangers Here - Irish Band dance group German Garden (Upper) #23 4:30PM - Cleveland Ceili Club - Irish Dance Serbian Garden #6 3:35PM - Baptist Church Band, Akron 3:00PM - Gottscheer Heimatchor Choir Demonstration 11:00AM - Live Balkan Music 4:00PM - Romanian Folk Music by George Lates / 2:00PM - Serbian Fashion Show (Children) music & dance Lebanese Garden #36 Ukranian Garden #3 - Serbian Community Children’s 1PM - 6PM - Music & Entertainment 2PM, 3:30PM - Kashtan Dancers; Bandura Slovenian Garden (Upper) #16 Choir 3:00PM - Belly Dancing music; songs 1:30PM - Snyder Cello Army - Serbian Men’s Choir “Kosovo” Young orchestra students Pakistani Garden #40 Lithuanian Garden #22 - “Morava” Folklore Dance Group 2:00PM - Music/Dance Demonstrations 1:45PM - Svyturys – Lithuanian Folk Dance 3:00PM - Cleveland Ballet Czech Garden (Upper) #17 4:00PM - Eugenijus Dicecvicius 3:30PM - Murphy Irish Dancers 2:00PM - Pacific Paradise Entertainment Syrian Garden #29 Lithuanian Folk Songs 4:00PM - Pacific Paradise Entertainment Polynesian/Hawaian dance 3:00PM - Olga’s Music Studio 4:30PM - Assane Mbaye & Tam-Tam Magic 4:00PM - One World Day Music Showcase Italian Garden #20 Drum & Dance Company from African American Garden #4 “Learn the Tarantella 1:30PM - 2:30PM - Senegal 2PM - Invisible Tongues - African drumming & India Garden #37 Dance” Upper Level 5:00PM - Kalyani Veturi & Group (Sree vocals 11:30AM - Cleveland Apsaras Singer Nick Costa. 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM. - Mayuri Dance Academy – Center After 2PM - Activities all day (Indian Brides Fashions) Lower Level for Indian Dances) 12:00PM - Nartanam Academy of Dance 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM. - “Italian Sing Along” 5:30PM - International Sing-a-long with 2:30PM - Shuvani Dance Company Accordionist & Singer. Lower Level Children’s Village #15-#18 No Strangers Here Band 3:30PM - Interactive Yoga - Storytelling Center 4:45PM - Interactive Yoga Slovak Garden #19 Other Serbian Garden Attractions: Tesla Car by “THE SPOKEN WORD” 2PM - 5PM - Harmonia his Statue; Petting Farm with Goats; Works of a STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD Finnish Garden #38 (Eastern European Folk Serbian Artist; Serbian Delicacies and more! Come join us for stories and legends from various 1PM, 3PM, 5PM - Finnish Songs and Music Musical Ensemble) nationalities - Michael Anderko (playing the Polish Garden #15 For the young and young at heart. Hebrew Garden (Upper) #28 Wycinanki - a Polish paper Fujara Flute) All Day - Participating Gardens: African-American, British, 2:00PM - Tischler Klezmer Orchestra cutting lesson, take-home design - Susie Cvicela Halley Czech, Estonian, German, Hungarian, India, Irish, All Day - Polish dining table - pottery and British Garden #25 (Folk Storyteller) Lebanese, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Turkish lace (display only) 11:00AM - Rubber City Theater Storytelling Sessions: Rusin Garden #18 All Day - Chopin Corner (Shakespeare Recitations) 1:00 to 2:00, 2:30 to 3:30, 4:00 to 5:00 1PM - Living Traditions Folk Ensemble All Day - Polish imported products 1:00PM - English Country Dance All Day - Polish American Cultural Center - Museum All Day - Polish Radio Program Authentic Cultural Experiences at One World Day

During One World Day, special activities are held in each Garden to share with visitors the rich history, culture and beauty of each ethnicity represented. Here Food Vendors are some of the cool experiences to enjoy: African-American Garden • Learn to pinch Pierogi in the Polish Garden. Barrio Food Truck African-American Garden Armenian Garden • Make a Finnish flag, receive a Finnish word stone in the Finnish Garden. Blank Canvas CLE Deby’s Design Barrio Food Truck • Experience a Modern Afternoon English Garden Party – photo op with the royal Green Ribbon Coalition Cedar Grill Food Truck family, play Nine Men’s Morris, make your own garden hat in the British Garden. Joyce Factory Direct Croatian Garden • Learn to Dance the Csardas in the Hungarian Garden. Slyman’s Tavern Food Truck CCGF Beer Garden • Dance the Tarantella and participate in an Italian Sing Along in the Italian Dang Good Food Garden Children’s Village Das Schnitzel Haus • Experience an Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony in the Ethiopian Garden. East Coast Custard • Go through the Corridor and Doorway of No Return and envision the experience Akron Henna Edwin’s Butcher Shop of the African American ancestors in the African American Garden. CMA - Studio Go Van Estonian Garden • Write your name using the Croatian alphabet in the Croatian Garden. Cleveland Orchestra – Ethiopian Garden Instrument Discovery • Learn what the monument in the Estonian Garden represents. Hofbrauhaus (German Garden) Dang Good Food Hungarian Garden • Learn about how the marionettes helped preserve the Czech language, East Coast Custard manipulate the marionettes in the Czech Garden. Irish Garden Gaelic Glenn Alpacas Italian Garden • Learn Lebanese dancing and observe the preparation, baking and eating ethnic Jones Bones BBQ Jones Bones BBQ bread in the Lebanese Garden. Stonebrook Montessori Lebanese Garden • Write your name in Arabic and play some trivia games about Syria in the Syrian Story Telling Tent Lithuanian Garden Garden. Local Eden Food Truck • Experience special foods, arts, music, fashion, history and language of Vietnam Pakistani Garden in the Vietnamese Garden. Serbian Garden Romanian Garden • Enjoy an outdoor café with food, music and in the Slovak Garden. Serbian Garden • Explore the Walk of Fame of Russia’s cultural heroes in the Russian Garden. ClevelandPeople.com Slyman's Tavern • Learn about the significance of Andy Warhol to their culture in the Rusin CSU – Dept. of Int’l Studies Syrian Garden Garden. Freshwater Cleveland Tropical Flame Food Truck Global Cleveland • Try on a traditional dress, ride a rickshaw in the Pakistani Garden. Tropical Sno Hawaiian Shaved Ice Margaret Wong & Associates • Experience traditional Korean music and dances in the Korean Garden. Turkish Garden NEOSRD Vietnamese Garden • Experience the Bandura, a traditional Ukrainian instrument, in the Ukrainian OCA Greater Cleveland Weber's Premium Ice Cream Garden. Cleveland Water • Learn about the story of the tulip, while sitting on Turkish carpets and playing US Together backgammon, a traditional Turkish game, in the Turkish Garden. • Listen to a Shanakie, a traditional Irish story teller, entertain with legends of Ireland in the Irish Garden. Russian Garden • Write your name in the Armenian alphabet, learn an Armenian dance, enjoy Count On NEO – ICC/WIN Armenian coffee in the Armenian Garden. 30 Complete Count Committee 31 All subject to change About the Cleveland Cultural Gardens The Cleveland Cultural Gardens are one of Northeast Ohio’s true treasures, a mirror of its proud multicultural past, present and future.

The Gardens are part of Rockefeller Park, land donated to the city of Cleveland by industrial magnate John D. Rockefeller in 1896. The idea for an outdoor cultural oasis was launched in 1916, when Shakespeare enthusiast and publisher Leo Weidenthal developed a place to honor the bard in what is now known as the British Cultural Garden.

The civic activist, along with elected officials and other commu- nity leaders, saw the many immigrant groups who were arriving in Cleveland in the early 20th century, and envisioned other gardens that could pay tribute to different cultures.

The Hebrew Cultural Garden was established in 1926 by the growing Jewish community in the Glenville and other east-side neighborhoods. Other early gardens were predominantly European (Italian, Hungarian, Polish, German, Irish, for example) an expression of the immigrant groups coming to Cleveland then.

The early gardens were helped along by the federal government’s jobs program, the Works Progress Adminis- tration, during the Great Depression. The WPA employed stone cutters and other immigrant laborers to build the intricate gardens that stretch from East Boulevard down to Martin Luther King Boulevard.

As the decades passed, immigration patterns changed and so did the gardens. From WWII to the present, gardens from the Baltic States, the Middle East, Asia and Africa have been created, along with an African- American Cultural Garden.

As of mid-2019, some 31 gardens have been officially dedicated, and many more are in development, includ- A MESSAGE TO YOUNG AMERICANS OF SYRIAN ORIGIN ing a Native American Garden, and gardens from Pakistan, Colombia, Uzbekistan, Korea and Vietnam. By KHALIL GIBRAN (1919) More than 70 statues honoring the likes of Gandhi, Nikolai Tesla, Marie Curie, Bach, Goethe, Chopin, Mother Teresa and I believe in you, and I believe in your destiny. I believe that you are contributors many others adorn the Cultural Gardens and there are many to this new civilization. more to come.

I believe that you have inherited from your forefathers an ancient dream, a song, a Each of the gardens is cared for by non-profit sponsoring orga- nizations, typically an ethnic organization, cultural association, prophecy, which you can proudly lay as a gift of gratitude upon the lap of America. museum or church. Driven by love of their heritage, hundreds of … I believe that you can say to Emerson and Whitman and James, “In my veins volunteers from these groups dedicate time, talent and treasure runs the blood of the poets and wise men of old, and it is my desire to come to you tending to the flowers, weeding, and raising significant funds for and receive, but I shall not come with empty hands. monuments, repairs and maintenance in their gardens. The non-profit Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation is the umbrella group that approves the creation of new …It is to stand before the towers of New York, Washington, Chicago and San gardens, promotes and advocates for them and is a liaison to the city and other partnering institutions. Francisco saying in your heart, “I am the descendant of a people that built Damascus, The CCGF carries on the vision that Weidenthal and so many others had more than 100 years ago and one that and Byblos, Tyre and Sidon and Antioch, and now I am here to build with you, and is so critical today – that cultures of the world should learn about and celebrate each other. The mission of the Gardens, peace through mutual understanding, remains. with a will.” 32 Established Garden Sites It is to be proud of being an American, but it is also to be proud that your fathers African American 1977 • Albanian 2012 • American 1935 • American Legion Peace Nations & American Legion and mothers came from a land upon which God laid His gracious hand and raised Peace States 1936 • Armenian 2010 • Azerbaijani 2008 •British 1916 • Chinese 1985 • Croatian 2011 • Czech 1935 His messengers. • Ethiopian 2019 • Estonian 1966 • Finnish 1958 • German 1929 • Greek 1940 • Hebrew 1926 • Hungarian 1934 • India 2005 • Irish 1939 • Italian 1930 • Latvian 2006 • Lebanese 2019 • Lithuanian 1936 • Polish 1934 • Russian 2018 • Romanian 1967 • Rusin1939 • Serbian 1932 • Slovak 1932 • Slovenian 1932 • Syrian2011 • Turkish 2016 • Young Americans of Syrian origin, I believe in you! Ukrainian 1940 32 8 Gardens in Development 33 Colombia • French • Korean • Native American • Pakistani • Scottish • Uzbekistan • Vietnamese Lebanese Cultural Garden

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Welcomes you to PROGRA 11 A – 10 P AUGUST 25, 2019 C P One World Day UNVEILING OF THE 2 P – P YURI GAGARIN U C P – P SCULPTURE C

You can be part of the history of the Russian Garden P by participating in the unveiling of the Yuri Gagarin sculpture on ONE WORLD DAY, Sunday, August 25th. There is a special program for the day beginning at Save the date! 11 AM with the unveiling at approx. 2:00 PM following the Naturalization Ceremony on the Main Stage at ASLENITSA the Serbian Cultural Garden. Mayor Frank Jackson S, 1, will be present along with many Cleveland civic 2020 1200 leaders. Come and see the paver stones that form 00 the WALK OF FAME as a major feature of the C C Russian Cultural Garden. G

The WALK OF FAME is Phase One which started on August 1, 2018. The unveiling of the Gagarin sculpture continues the development. Phase Two features a large gazebo (besedka) with room for RUSSIAN CULTURAL performances. GAREN 5225 Warrensville Center ROAD is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization The Russian Cultural Gardens Maple Heights, OH 44137. dedicated to promoting the Russian Heritage and Russian cultural influence in America. Established in 2011, The Russian Cultural Gardens has a prominent goal of building the Russian Cultural Garden www.RussianGarden.org as a part of the Cultural Gardens of Cleveland in the Rockefeller Park. 216.512.0505 440.263.2951 Please come and visit us . Go online to: www.RussianGarden.org Phase One Now Completed! Pakistani Cultural Garden

Integrating Pakistani heritage and culture through monuments and symbolism

Hungarian

Cultural Garden Dedicated to Peace since 1938 HungarianCulturalGarden.org

The Croatian Heritage Museum & Cultural Garden Welcome you to One World Day 2019

Visit our Heritage Museum 34900 Lakeshore Blvd. Eastlake, OH www.croatianmuseum.com www.croatianculturalgarden.com

ETHIOPIAN CULTURAL GARDEN Dedicated August 24, 2019 The Cultural Gardens first African garden.

*WE WISH TO THANK THE CULTURAL GARDEN COMMITTEE FOR ALL OF THEIR SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. *STOP BY OUR GARDEN TO EXPERIENCE AN ETHIOPIAN COFFEE CEREMONY.

Cleveland Starts Here® Cleveland Starts With You! Discover what extraordinary history awaits when you Get credit visit the Cleveland History Center headquarters of the Western Reserve Historical Society where credit 10825 East Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44106 www.wrhs.org | @clestartshere #clestartshere is due. Earn stormwater fee credits & beautify In the photos (from left to right): 1967 Ferrari 365 California Spyder, Si Jolie! French Fashion in Cleveland now open in the Chisholm Halle Costume Wing, the first One World Day celebration in 1945 from the WRHS Archives. your home: neorsd.org/stormwater SAVE THE DATE! 10th Annual International Cleveland EXPO A Multicultural Holiday Celebration Friday, December 6, 2019 6 PM to 10 PM

Featuring International Performances, Traditional Cultural Fashions, International Foods, International Music, and showcasing Cleveland’s International Sister Cities!

MORE INFORMATION ONLINE at www.icc-win.org

Hosted by the International Community Council-Worldwide Intercultural Network (ICC-WIN) in partnership with The City of Cleveland and Mayor Frank Jackson.

Turkish Cultural Garden

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