Bohemian Brick Hall

07/01/2026

Happy July!

July / Červenec 🌞 🍄‍🟫
1. Top picture – Harvesting grain
Farmers are cutting and gathering ripe wheat. A woman is tying bundles of grain. Another woman carries a jug, perhaps bringing water or food. Large sheaves of wheat stand in the field. A village with a church is in the background. Flowers and wheat decorate the border.
2. Middle left – Hiking
A group of people is walking along a path. They are hiking toward Trosky castle. A milestone marked “82 km” stands beside the road.
Trees and cliffs surround the path.
3. Middle center – Saint Anne
A framed religious picture shows Saint Anne with the young Mary.
Saint Anne is teaching Mary from a scroll or book. Both have halos.
4. Middle right – Mushroom picking
A man and a woman are collecting mushrooms in a forest. Large trees and green plants surround them.
5. Bottom left – Pond
Children are enjoying swimming in a pond. It looks like a peaceful summer day.
6. Bottom center – Boating
Two people are rowing a small boat. People sit on the riverbank watching. Castle ruins stand on the hill in the background.
7. Bottom right – Summer countryside
Two children stand beside a field.
Water flows from a pipe into a small stream. Wheat is growing nearby, showing the harvest season.
8. Bottom oval – Lion
Zodiac sign Leo.
Overall, the page celebrates July with scenes of harvesting, hiking, mushroom picking, boating, country life, and the feast of Saint Anne, all framed by flowers and summer decorations.

06/14/2026

06/02/2026

June / Červen 🌺
Top panel – Haymaking
Men, women, and children are gathering and stacking hay.
Horse-drawn carts transport the hay from the fields.
This reflects one of the most important agricultural tasks of early summer.
Center – Saint Anthony shrine
The image marked “Sv. Antonín” means Saint Anthony.
A roadside devotional shrine stands in the center, decorated with flowers and a wreath.
Such shrines were common features of Czech and Slovak countryside life.
Middle left – Children’s outing
Children are pulling a small cart through the village.
Middle right – Ripening grain and berries. A farmer walks beside fields of maturing grain.
Strawberries are shown, emphasizing seasonal fruits becoming available in June.
Bottom left – Gathering fruits
Villagers collect berries.
A basket filled with small fruits symbolizes early summer foraging.
Bottom center – Collecting medicinal plants
People gather herbs and flowers near the shrine.
June was traditionally associated with harvesting medicinal and aromatic plants.
Bottom right – Crayfish catching
A person catches crayfish in a stream while another holds a sack.
Zodiac sign: Cancer

05/22/2026

Save the Date!!!

05/20/2026

There will be a Memorial Day Ceremony at the Bohemian National Cemetery on Monday, May 25, at 11 a.m., presented by the Glenville American Legion family. The Cemetery is located at the intersection of 180th Street and 850th Avenue, approximately three miles north of Myrtle, Minnesota. After the ceremony, a dinner will be served at the Bohemian Brick Hall located directly south of the Cemetery. Also, the Myrtle Museum will be open from 1 to 3 p.m. on Memorial Day.

04/02/2026

April/ Duben 🐣
- Girls are picking flowers in a meadow, which symbolizing spring blooming.
- In the middle top, there’s a countryside village with a church on a hill. Picture of a lamb.
- On the top right, church bells are flying to Rome, people kneel and pray.
- Boys are making a whistle
- The middle frame shows St. George (Sv. Jiří) on horseback slaying a dragon.
- The text near the top right translates roughly to: “Every old grandmother is happier in spring.” This reinforces the theme of renewal and joy in the season.
- A boy enters a house with a decorated stick or whip (related to Easter traditions, such as “pomlázka” in Czech culture, where boys lightly whip girls with braided branches for health and fertility).
- A person walking through April rain, hunched under the weather. Highlighting how April weather can be unpredictable.
- Woman giving children “pomlázka” in a form of eggs.
- At the very bottom is a bull’s head, representing the zodiac sign Ta**us, which begins in late April.