Vegas Viking Lodge Sons of Norway to Honor Norwegian Culture with Communal Syttende Mai Picnic
The Vegas Viking Lodge Sons of Norway is inviting the public to celebrate Syttende Mai from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 20 at Boulder City Veteran’s Memorial Park, located at 1650 Buchanan Blvd.
The picnic will feature a live parade, food, music and games for attendees, as well as a splash pad and playground. The Lodge will provide meat, buns and water to drink. Guests are encouraged to bring friends, family, lawn chairs, Norway flags and costumes and their favorite potluck dishes. Games will include Bingo, Cornhole and Toss the Lutefisk.
“The Syttende Mai celebration is so important to our Norwegian culture,” said Vegas Viking Lodge Sons of Norway President Karen Holien Buehrer. “Our Constitution Day is as important as Independence Day is to Americans. This year, we would like to share it with the community.”
Syttende Mai, or Seventeenth of May in Norwegian, celebrates core Norwegian values and national identity and is an annual commemoration of Norway’s constitution, which was signed in Eidsvoll, Norway on May 17, 1814.
To learn more about the Lodge and its activities, visit the Website Vegasvikings.org or Facebook “Vegas Viking Lodge of Sons of Norway.”
About The Vegas Viking Lodge of the Sons of Norway
The Vegas Viking Lodge of the Sons of Norway was organized in1992 and has been involved in a wide variety of special events featuring traditional and contemporary programs ever since. The non-profit organization is a fraternal benefit and cultural society dedicated to preserving Norwegian and Scandinavian heritage, and strengthening the ties between North America and Norway. The lodge is known for its popular annual lutefisk dinner, holiday bazaar and appearances at local parades and school functions. The group meets monthly and has provided more than $30,000 in scholarship to local Norwegian-Americans in recent years.