USA

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    St Piran Celebrations at Grass Valley

    Grass Valley, and their sister Nevada City, in California again celebrated St Piran and their local Cornish settlement heritage. Let the photos do the talking … The Pasty Bake contest was again very popular. The Pasty Olympics, again a great hit: Grass Valley Mayor Jan...
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    It is Cornish Christmas in Grass Valley

    Recapture the spirit of Christmas past amid the charming surroundings of beautiful down-town  Grass Valley, an historic mining town in Nevada County, California, USA that has a strong Cornish mining heritage. It is from time to time the venue of gatherings of the Cornish Cousins...
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    Cornish Heritage Society East honoured Rick Rescorla

    Among many Cornish groups around the world, and especially in the USA and Cornwall, the memory of Rick Rescorla and his heroism was remembered recently by the Cornish Heritage Society East. On 11 September 2011, sixteen Cornish Cousins gathered once more at Canal Park in...
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    Cornish American Cousins changeover

    Outgoing Cornish American Heritage Society President Tommi       O’Hagan reported from the Gathering in Mineral Point last month; “I am happy now to introduce to you the new president, Thomas Rusch. Tom is very proud of his Cornish blood and the son of Marvin and Fran...
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    RIP Rick Rescorla 1939 – 2001

    Cornish born hero Rick Rescorla, who saved almost 2,700 lives on September 11, 2001 only to lose his own, has been honoured by an Opera in the USA. The San Francisco Opera is producing “Heart of a Soldier,” based on Rescorla’s life. A memorial was...
  • Visiting Bard and 'Town Crier' Howard Curnow, with Albert Jenkin (Tommi O'Hagan talking with gent on right)

    Cry of Tin to Shake Rag Alley – ’twas Cornish Cousins!

    - ONE of the wonderful things about being of Cornish birth or ancestry is that (almost everywhere) in this wide world the sun never sets on a Pasty!  … Or more seriously, on people being proud of the strong (or even scanty) threads of Cornish...
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    Greater Milwaukee has them with or without Rutabaga

    It seems that the pasty, and indeed Cornish food, is a common theme across Cornish societies and associations worldwide. The Cornish Society of Greater Milwaukee has an annual Pasty Luncheon. This quote is from their Newsletter, ‘The Cornish Immigrant’:  “The aroma of fresh, warm pasties...
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    16th International Gathering of Cornish Cousins in North America

    The next Gathering of Cornish Cousins in North Americawill take place from 10th—14th August 2011 in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, USA