Today was the 17th of May, or in Norwegian, Syttende Mai. On May 17th, 1814, the Norwegian Constitution was signed. It's celebrated both by citizens of Norway and by Norwegian-Americans. There's quite a lot of lefse consumed, although I think that the memory of lutefisk is still to vivid in people's minds to dive back into the lye-preserved fish quite so soon.
Just 12 days ago, we had Cinco de Mayo, a similar celebration, but celebrating Mexican heritage instead of Norwegian heritage. As usual, the pundits and the wingnut radio hosts were raving against Cinco de Mayo, claiming that it was wrong to celebrate anything other than American heritage, and certainly wrong to fly the flag of any other country.
So, we should have similarly had them rage against Syttende Mai, right? Of course, not a peep. I live in Minneapolis, and I regularly drive by the American Swedish Institute, the Sons of Norway building, and the American Nordic Center (which used to be the Danish American Center). It's not at all uncommon to see flags of the Scandanavian countries flying from people's houses.
I didn't actually have any lefse today. But I have enough the rest of the year, we have a scandanavian store within a couple blocks for when I need my fix of good lefse. But it does seem the the xenophobes only object to some people's celebration of their heritage, but not others.