Tag: St. Wenceslaus
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The little white church binds generations of family
A sense of history and place. Much moved by the funeral ceremony for Queen Elizabeth II this morning. The Queen was piped into Westminster Abbey by a phalanx of bagpipers. Watching at home, we could say that, a few years back, the Blaskas set foot in that glorious church. The Church of England plays like…
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Come visit us Sunday, July 8
Come visit a picturesque piece of history on Sunday, July 8. This is St. Wenceslaus Church, built by my ancestors on “the Island,” high bluffs overlooking low land bordering the Crawfish River in the Town of Waterloo, Jefferson County. My great-great grandfather Johann Fiedler built the pews of this little church, erected in 1863. The…