The 86th Tulip Time in Pella returns this week after it was cancelled last year due to COVID-19. Steering Committee Chair Lori Lourens says the vast majority of festivities and traditional experiences return this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
For those looking to learn more about Pella and Dutch history, special QR code videos will be posted throughout the Historical Village, Central Park, and other downtown locations.
While the parade will not be back in full force, Lourens says there will be new pop-up entertainment experiences and stationary floats that visitors can enjoy instead.
The following groups will be performing and doing meet-and-greets throughout the three days of Tulip Time in four different locations: the Tulip Toren, the Vermeer Windmill, the Molengracht, and the South Picnic Table Lot.
Rediscover America 1/11/2021 By Michele Herrmann
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Here are locations across the U.S. that make you feel like you’ve set foot in a European destination with no passport required.
With much of Europe off limits amid the current pandemic, Americans will have to wait longer to travel to and throughout the continent. However, they can find resemblances to some European countries a little closer to home. Here are locations across the U.S. that make you feel like you’ve set foot in a European destination with no passport required.
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Tarpon Springs, Florida
More than one in 10 residents in this Gulf Coast city claim Greek ancestry, with Greek immigrants arriving in the late 19th century. They also gave Tarpon Springs the moniker, “The Sponge Capital of the World,” in that divers would apply the Greek Islands tradition of diving for sponges to Floridian waters. Nowadays, Greek heritage can be seen with locals in coffee shops along
Pella Historical Society and Museums is now closed for the winter. Pella Historical Society is now in a hibernation of sorts, where Executive Director Valerie Van Kooten says they often work to improve their various exhibits and historical displays, and also prepare for the upcoming Tulip Time celebration. The Pella Historical Village and Vermeer Windmill traditionally reopen by the first day of spring in March.