Travels to Waseca

  Join Waseca Alums in celebrating the 4th of July.

    Join Waseca Alums in celebrating Flag Day.

  Join Waseca Alums in celebrating Memorial Day by honoring those who have died for us. Memorial Day was started after the Civil War to honor the soldiers who died. The day was originally called Decoration Day for the tradition of decorating the graves of fallen soldiers.

      Join Waseca Alums in honoring our mothers and grandmothers on this special day.

Do you remember May Days during your childhood in Waseca. One of the most popular May Day traditions I remember was to hang a cone-shaped basket full of goodies on a friend’s or neighbor’s doorknob, knock, and run. The trick was to avoid being caught by the recipient. If you got caught, you were supposed to get a kiss.

 Easter Greetings!

 Join Waseca Alums in celebrating April Fool’s Day.

WasecaAlums.com is offering free lifetime memberships to the first 100 people who sign up for this limited time offer by midnight, March 31, 2007.

Happy St. Urho’s Day. It’s probably just a coincidence that St. Urho’s Day falls on March 16th, the day before St. Patrick’s Day. St. Urho is the Patron Saint of Finland. Read all about St. Urho and his exploits I don’t remember many Finns in the Waseca area but my mother had Finnish ancestors and there are lots of Finns in the area of our cabin in St. Louis County.

The 39th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration and Parade sponsored by the Irish-American Club of Southern Minnesota was held Saturday in Janesville. A new Miss St. Patrick and Miss Irish Rose for the coming year were to be selected from the 5 contestants. The contestants included Nicole Frisk, Mankato; Sammie Hoehn, Waseca; Molly McLaughlin, Mankato; Samantha Passer, Blue Earth; and Carrie Sommers, Waseca. (As published in the Waseca County News.)

Who were the chosen ones?

Update: Molly Rose McLaughlin of Mankato was crowned Miss Irish Rose and Sammie Hoehn was crowned Miss St. Patrick during the Irish-American Club of Southern Minnesota’s celebration last Saturday in Janesville. (As published in the Waseca County News.)

Have a happy, and safe, St. Patrick’s Day next Saturday!

  St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Waseca, Minn. 1909. Courtesy of the Waseca County Historical Society.

  Join Waseca Alums in celebrating Washington’s Birthday, February 19th – aka Presidents Day.

Happy Valentine’s Day from Waseca Alums. The Valentine’s Day Post Office was in Miss Mausehund’s 1st grade class, Waseca Central School, 1947-48. (L to R) Judith Senn, John Barbknecht, Barbara Bauman, Ronald Ewest.

 Join Waseca Alums in celebrating Lincoln’s birthday (even if you don’t get the day off).

 Think spring on Groundhogs Day!

 Join Waseca Alums in celebrating Martin Luther King’s birthday.