Marshall, John
A Court’s ruling, and footings in history
Several times over the past half-century, the Kansas courts, including the Supreme Court, have repeated a fundamental message: The quality of education in a...
Marshall, John
Smoky Valley Men’s Choir October 29 and December 9
The Smoky Valley Men’s Choir will next perform on Sunday, Oct. 29 at the annual Assaria Lutheran Church Evening of Song. The event emcee...
Marshall, John
The strength in ceaseless variations
There are many ways to look at the term Swedishness. A small Lindsborg group several years ago considered this term during one Hyllningsfest, and...
Marshall, John
A glimpse at ‘Swedishness’
When we moved to Lindsborg 16 years ago one of the first things that struck us about the town was what some people called...
Marshall, John
Remembering Jay
This is the second Hyllningsfest without Jay Steinberg, who died in May, 2015, after a grinding battle with cancer. A round, elfin-like man with...
Marshall, John
What brought the settlers; what gave us Hyllningsfest
Recently we drove west and north into the Smoky Hills. This magnificent terrain bumps and rises along the lifting grassland, the hills often sudden...
Marshall, John
Special friends from Torsby
Alf and Maud Brorson are back, their visit again concurrent with Hyllningsfest, a treasure for these Swedes, and for Alf his 25th trip to...
Marshall, John
HYLLNINGSFEST: Notes and reminiscence Happy Birthday
In the fall of 1868, the first Swedish Agricultural Land Company set up business in a one-room company house (“Bolagshuset”) at the foot of...
