History of Ukrainians in Baltimore

[6] As of September 2014, immigrants from Ukraine were the twentieth largest foreign-born population in Baltimore.

Many Rusyn and Western Ukrainians have settled in the neighborhoods of Fell's Point[11] and Patterson Park.

The club owned a property at 3101 O'Donnell Street, which became the Ukrainian National Home.

The space was also used by multiple community organizations and after World War II it was used as accommodations for displaced refugees.

[8] Many Ukrainians fled to Baltimore from the 1930s to the 1950s in order to escape political persecution, labor camps, the Holodomor famine, or deportation to Siberia.

Every year Ukrainian refugees and their children and grandchildren celebrate their good fortune on Thanksgiving Day by giving a toast and playing a game of football in Patterson Park.

Then-Mayor Sheila Dixon presided over the ceremony and declared 29 May to be "Ukrainian Genocide Remembrance Day in Baltimore".

[14] Beginning in the 1970s, large numbers of Ukrainian Jews immigrated to Baltimore in order to escape antisemitism in the then Soviet Union.

Lemko House has opened its doors to low-income residents of any ethnicity, but is still home to many Slavic and Eastern European immigrants.

The festival lasts two days and features traditional Ukrainian music, dancing, crafts, and cuisine.