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SOKOL POSTCARDS USA (Click on any image to view an enlarged version) The first Sokol unit in the USA was formed in 1865, in St. Louis. Other units formed in other cities, including one in Chicago in 1866. In 1917 all the American units merged into the American Sokol Organization, which is still very active today. Postcards have been issued for some of the American competitions. 1909 1912 Card from New York, advertising the 6th All-Sokol Slet in Prague Foldout advertisement from Chicago 1915 Czechoslovak Prisoners in Russia Prisoner of War postcard (postage free) produced by the Sokol Organisation in the U.S.A., and sent to a brother Sokol then a POW in Siberia, from Chicago with its Canal Station postmark dated NOV 6 1915. Vignette of a Sokol and the organisation's founders; stylised view of the Statue of Liberty on the reverse. Boxed Russian censor (type 16 group) of Petrograd, No.251, struck in blue. Printer Nar. Soc. Beseda "L V. Fric", Chicago 1920 An American card (printed in Chicago) commemorating all-Sokol Slet VII in Prague. 1921 1925 1933 The 1933 festival was held in Chicago, in conjunction with the Chicago Worlds Fair of that year, celebrating Chicago's centennial. Special cachets were created for the festival, and for Czechoslovak Day at the fair. 1937 As I mentioned in the Introduction to these pages, poster stamps were also created for many events, with designs matching the posters and post cards created to advertise and commemorate the festivals. Here is one for the 1937 Sokol festival in Chicago. 1947 Another poster stamp, for the 1947 festival. 1961 1965 In 1965, the US Post Office Department issued a stamp to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Sokol movement in this country. 1973 1982