Title: Pole Raising and Speech Making
Description: "Focused on the beginnings of the traditional Scandinavian Midsummer celebration and the spring-to-summer seasonal festivities in the Rocky Mountain West during the height of Swedish immigration. Combines folklore and history, to explore various ways Midsummer-related celebrations blended with the American 4thth of July and the Mormon Latter Day Saint Pioneer Day on July 24th"--
Subjects: Festivals, Holidays, Folklore, united states, United states, social life and customs, Folklore, Swedish Americans, Social life and customs, Manners and customs