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The MacGahan American Bulgarian Festival is held the weekend closest to the birthdate (June 12) and death date (June 9) of Januarius MacGahan, native son of New Lexington. Next year will mark the 40th annual festival and the 140th anniversary of the death of MacGahan. New Lexington is one hour southeast of Columbus, OH.

Detailed festival events

Memorial service Saturday morning at the grave of MacGahan in the New Lexington Cemetery at 10:30 am.
Celebrant: The Reverend Father Vladimir Bakurdzhiev from St. Thomas Eastern Orthodox Church in Fairlawn, Ohio.
Vocal selection by elementary students from New Lexington City Schools concluding with Taps by Jacob Faber

Floral tribute at the MacGahan statue at Main and Brown Streets across from the Perry County Court House.

Luncheon and program at noon at the Perry County District Library on Jackson St. (a block from the statue)

Invocation: Father Vladimir Bakurdzhiev and Reverend Robert Heinlein

Bulgarian American luncheon   Moussaka, Shopska Salad, Baklava, fresh fruit cup, rolls, beverages

Remarks by Ivan Anchev, Consul General of Bulgaria in Chicago, Illinois

Keynote address by Alexander Petrov, Associate Professor at The Ohio State University “The Voice of Truth and Conscience:  How a War Correspondent Changed History in 1876”

Entertainment  by Bulgarian representatives of the folk dance ensemble “Verea”from Chicago and representatives of the children’s ensemble “Shareni Chorapi” from the Bulgarian Macedonian National Educational and Cultural Center  in Pittsburgh, PA

Scholarship Presentations by Barbara  Mooney to Zoey Stenson from New Lexington High School and Ashley Compston from Crooksville High School

More information can be found here.