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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="font-size: 32px;"><em><span style="font-size: 48px;">A&nbsp;J<em style="FONT-FAMILY: "><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><span style="color: #000080;">ourney In Time</span></span></span></em><br /></span>This is VASA, Come Join Our Order. </em>(<span style="color: #ff0000;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.thevasaorder.com">Click Here</a></span>)<br /><em>Traditions,&nbsp;</em></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="font-size: 32px;"><em>Culture, Heritage and Friends</em></span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></strong></span></em></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.vasaorder.com/index.htm"><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/webjam-upload/vasaweb___7a920ac0151e454296de6b31b1d1bfb2(200x150)__31__.jpg" align="left" vspace="8" hspace="8" border="0" title="vasaweb" /></a></span></strong></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></strong></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">The Vasa Order of America</span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></em></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Swedish in origin, the Vasa Order welcomes men and women over 14 years of age of Scandinavian roots, (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish or Icelandic,) and their spouses who would like to rediscover the traditions of their forefathers; and those who are not of Nordic ancestry but are committed to the promotion and advancement of Swedish and Nordic heritage and culture. We do this by encouraging the observance of special dates old and new, such as Midsummer, Leif Ericksson Day, etc. with proper festivities including Smorgasbord and Scandinavian music. While much of our activity occurs during the summer season, in mid-December it is hard to find a Vasa Lodge where </span></span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.vasaorder.com/lucia.htm"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Luciafest</span></span></b></span></a><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"> is not observed.</span></span></p>FalsePublicTrue