Celebrate Poland coming in June

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Neighbors | Submitted.Celebrate Poland will include a Civil War encampment and rennactment by the 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Company D (Union Army) and 4th Alabama (Confederate) units.

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Neighbors | Submitted.Hundreds of people participate in the annual lamplight walking tour at Riverside Cemetery during Celebrate Poland weekend.

The “Celebrate Poland” festival is only seven weeks away. This year’s event has the makings of the best ever, with new features to go along with the most popular events from the past.

Celebrate Poland will be June 25 and 26 and will offer the firemen’s parade, fireworks, entertainment and food everyone has come to expect from the event.

This year’s event will feature an actual Civil War wedding. Heather Franklin and Christopher Mulidore will get hitched June 26 at the Village Flower Garden.

Other highlights of this year’s Celebrate Poland include the third annual Poland Idol contest, the annual craft show, the parade, a Civil War Encampment and reenactment, fireworks, a lamp light walking tour of Poland Riverside Cemetery, the Youngstown Area Community Orchestra, Chalk it Up for Poland and plenty of food.

Contestants are still needed for the Poland Idol event. For information, call Cindy Best at 330-651-2999 or email celebratepoland@gmail.com. Registration will begin at 10:30 a.m. June 26.

The craft show is still accepting vendors for this year’s event. For details, contact Barbara Banks at 330-757-4584 or Mary Alice Fedor at 330-757-1578, For other information on Celebrate Poland, visit the event’s Facebook page.