A.L. Horton School Celebrates National Vyshyvanka Day

Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent

The Ukrainian Culture has real ravishing and exquisite clothing connected to it. Especially appealing is the embroidery shirts and blouses. To celebrate National Vyshyvanka (Ukrainian embroidery) Day on May 16, many of A.L. Horton School’s Ukrainian Bilingual’s staff and students worn their embroidery shirts and blouses.

This day is honored on every third Thursday in May because the word combination “Vyshyvanka Day” means the holiday dedicated to Ukrainian ethnic embroidered cloth and entered to Ukrainian culture as the name of a national holiday of Ukrainian consciousness, patriotism, and the spirit of unity of the people symbolized by Ukrainian vyshyvanka.