The Grand Lodge Č.S.P.S. of Baltimore is the
Baltimore
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,
Maryland
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chapter of the
Czech-Slovak Protective Society The Czech-Slovak Protective Society (CSPS), which became the Czecho Slovakian Association, was an organization supporting the welfare of Czech and Slovak immigrants to the United States. The Czech-Slovak Protective Society started as an insurance s ...
. The C.S.P.S. is a
benevolent society
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that was founded to help
Czech and
Slovak immigrants integrate into American society. The chapter was founded in 1880 by Vaclav Joseph Shimek, who was also the publisher of the ''
Telegraf
Telegraf may refer to:
* Telegraph
* ''Telegraf'' (Baltimore newspaper), an American weekly newspaper
* ''Telegraf'' (German newspaper), a German daily newspaper
* ''Telegrafi'', a newspaper published in Kosovo
* ''Dnevni telegraf
''Dnevni teleg ...
'', the owner of Bohemian Hall, and a six-time president of
Sokol Baltimore.
The Grand Lodge of Baltimore owns and operates the
Bohemian National Cemetery in
Baltimore
Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the List of municipalities in Maryland, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, and List of United States cities by popula ...
. Over the course of a decade, the Grand Lodge Č.S.P.S. President C. Jeanne Táborský and her organization have worked to maintain and repair the cemetery grounds and turn a small building at the cemetery into a museum and cultural center. Since the neighborhood of
Little Bohemia is long dispersed, the Bohemian National Cemetery is one of the few remnants of the Czech culture remaining in Baltimore, so the Č.S.P.S. has focused much of its energy on preserving the cemetery.
See also
*
Czech-Slovak Protective Society The Czech-Slovak Protective Society (CSPS), which became the Czecho Slovakian Association, was an organization supporting the welfare of Czech and Slovak immigrants to the United States. The Czech-Slovak Protective Society started as an insurance s ...
*
History of the Czechs in Baltimore
The history of Czechs in Baltimore dates back to the mid-19th century. Thousands of Czechs immigrated to East Baltimore during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, becoming an important component of Baltimore's ethnic and cultural heritage. Th ...
References
External links
Official webpageCSPS Flickr page
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1880 establishments in Maryland
Czech-American culture in Baltimore
Czech-Slovak Protective Society
Culture of Baltimore
Organizations established in 1880
Secularism in Maryland
Slovak-American culture in Maryland