Poland gets ready to celebrate, June 26-27

POLAND — Come one day for the parade and fireworks and return the next for singing, art, poetry, crafts, history, a movie and more.

Celebrate Poland begins June 26 with the Poland Presbyterian Church Strawberry Festival followed by the parade, fireworks and a Civil War encampment.

It continues June 27 with a craft show, chalk art, live petting zoo and pony rides, dedication of a historical marker, a singing contest, karate demonstration, concert, lamp light Riverside Cemetery tour and the regional premier screening of the movie, “Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes.” All activities will be around village hall.

“We wanted to have something where you could come on Friday night for the parade and fireworks and then come back Saturday to spend the day,” said Larry Warren, a member of the event’s organizing committee.

Although the strawberry festival, parade and fireworks are long-standing village fixtures, this marks the second Celebrate Poland where activities continue through the following day.

Members of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry Company D, Civil War re-enactors, will demonstrate drills, fashion show, baking and cooking and stay in tents at their campsite.

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