For Immediate Release
August 1, 2016
Cleveland, OH – Since 1945 the Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation
(CCGF) has celebrated One World Day exemplifying the theme of the Gardens:
“Peace through Mutual Understanding." Sunday August 28, 2016 will be the 71st
annual One World Day held in the Cultural Gardens.
2016 is the Centennial year of the Cultural Gardens (the first Garden
was established in 1916) and the CCGF has hosted a number of special centennial
events. The celebration will culminate
in One World Day on August 28 from 11AM – 7PM.
The Parade of Flags is always a popular and much anticipated part of One
World Day. Marchers parade down East
Blvd and then MLK Blvd wearing the costumes and carrying the flags of the
ethnic heritage they represent.
Befitting a Centennial celebration, the 2016 One World Day Parade of
Flags will be special because the dozens of nationality groups will be led by a
celebrity Grand Marshal. You may have seen
Stipe Miocic in the Cleveland Cavaliers Championship Parade. Now you can see him as Grand Marshall of the
One World Day Parade of Flags.
Stipe Miocic is the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) Heavyweight
Champion of the world and he hails from Cleveland. Stipe Miocic was a Cleveland Golden Gloves
boxing champion and NCAA Division I wrestler at Cleveland State
University.
Stipe is of Croatian heritage and will lead the Croatian and other
delegations in the parade. He will be on
hand for photos and autographs after the Parade of Flags.
Concerned about parking? Don’t be. There is free parking at Louis Stokes
Cleveland VA Medical Center’s VA with free shuttle services transporting from the
VA Parking Lot to the Chinese Garden (South) and at Cleveland Metroparks lot (North
Gate at the Gordon Park) at walking distance to One World Day events. Several 13-Passengers Golf Carts will be
available to transport those who need it throughout the gardens. See more on
parking and transportation at http://clevelandoneworldday.org/2016/parking-transportation/.
About the Cleveland Cultural Gardens and One
World Day
The Cleveland Cultural Gardens consist of 29 nationality gardens along
East Blvd and MLK Blvd with several more in the planning and development stages. One
World Day on August 28 is the official annual celebration of the Gardens. 11 AM- 7 PM.
Free admission and free parking.
The One World Day Centennial Celebration is a Councilmatic Event Presented
by Councilman Kevin Conwell, County Councilwoman Yvonne Conwell and in
partnership with University Circle, Inc.
Major sponsors include Key Bank, Councilman Kevin Conwell, City of
Cleveland, County Councilwoman Yvonne Conwell, University Circle Inc., Cuyahoga
Arts & Culture, Medical Mutual, Alex Machaskee & Associates LLC,
Cuyahoga Community College, ImageLab Media Services and Hofbräuhaus Cleveland.
Contact
Cleveland Cultural Gardens
President Sheila Murphy Crawford sheilacrawford99@gmail.com
One World Day Committee Co-Chairs:
Dr. Richard Crepage rich.crepage@gmail.com 440-812-1370
cell
Svetlana Stolyarova realtorsvetlana@msn.com 216-548-4663 cell
One World Day Producer
Johnny Wu johnny@mdifilm.com 216-539-4634 office
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For more information on this release contact Dan
Hanson at dan@clevelandpeople.com or Debbie Hanson at 216-406-6594 cell.
