2025 American Sokol Slet - The History of the Sokol Movement
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NCSML welcomed more than 150 visitors from the Czech Republic. The group traveled to Cedar Rapids from Chicago, this year's host of the 2025 American Sokol Slet. The group spent the day touring the exhibits and library, hearing Robert Tománek's keynote about the history of the Sokol movement in the U.S., shopping in the Museum Store, and learning about Cedar Rapids.
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