Russian House opens Park of Glory in US

The grand opening of a unique Park of Glory takes place on May 26 in the U.S. city of Howell, New Jersey.

The park alleys of the city contain 28 monuments to prominent figures of culture and history of Russia: Moscow princes and army leaders Alexander Nevsky and Dmitry Donskoy, founder of Holy Trinity Monastery, later canonized a saint - St. Sergius of Radonezh, Tsar Peter I, prominent poets and writers - Mikhail Lermontov, Nikolai Gogol, Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Vladimir Vysotsky.

The park was established on the territory of the Russian House Rodina that came up with the initiative for the Park of Glory.
Two days before, on May 24, Russian House Rodina launched its two week-long celebration of Russian Culture with a reception devoted to the Slavonic Literature and Culture Day in memory of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Teachers of the Slavic Peoples.
Celebrations are set to continue until June 8.