The Estonian Cultural Garden was dedicated June 19, 1966. Each year, the Estonian community and friends gather to celebrate Estonian Victory Day (Võidupüha) and St John's Day (Jaanipäev).
Toomas Tubalkain served as MC and introduced speakers including Lithuanian Honorary Consul Ingrida Bublys, Congressman Dennis Kucinich and Estonian Garden delegate Erika Puussaar.
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| Erika Puussaar and Toomas Tubalkain |
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| Estonian Garden Group |
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| Estonian Garden Monument |
Here’s how they fooled the occupying Soviets. (from our Ambassador Toomas Tubalkain).
Victory Day is the day Estonia won its final battle in the war of independence on June 21, 1919. St. John's Day is always celebrated as midsummer on June 24th. Victory Day and midsummer are linked through history. But during the Soviet occupation, Victory Day was banned, but midsummer (a pagan holiday) was allowed. Estonians decided to celebrate the two together, without informing anyone that Victory Day was being combined with midsummer celebrations.
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