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Portugal Day week, 2026

June 2026 · photographs posted June 8 and 10, 2026

Vasco marked Dia de Portugal 2026 at the Club and in the city. On Sunday, June 7, the Club held a Dia de Portugal pig roast, free for members. The next day it thanked Herculano Rodrigues, Tiago Pires and all the volunteers who made it possible.

A large group, many in red, gathered in a hall with Portuguese and American flags.
The flag-raising ceremony and the PACL’s 60 years, in photographs posted June 10, 2026. · Source

That same week, the Portuguese flag was raised in Bridgeport at a ceremony that also celebrated 60 years of service of the Portuguese American Civic League of Bridgeport. Sharing the photographs on June 10, the Club thanked the City of Bridgeport and the PACL. Among them is a proclamation of the Day of Portugal.

A framed proclamation titled Day of Portugal.
A proclamation of the Day of Portugal, from the June 10 post. · Source
The flags of Portugal and the United States fly in front of a stone civic building.
The flags of Portugal and the United States. · Source
A group of men stand behind a whole pig roasting on a spit.
The Dia de Portugal pig roast at the Club, June 7, 2026. · Source