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H.E. Ambassador Virginia Palmer on Transatlantic Energy Security and Independence
What has Poland’s role been, how has COVID-19 shifted the playing field, and in what ways does energy affect geopolitics? On November 17, the Warsaw Institute in Warsaw, Poland hosted an event titled “Challenges For Energy Security: a Transatlantic Approach.”...
Norman Davies Highlights Poland’s History and Role In Modern History
How does Norman Davies view Poland’s role in today’s political landscape? On November 16th, Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University hosted an event as a part of the Blanka Rosenstiel Lecture Series on Poland...
Presidents of the Polish American Congress – Edward Moskal
Chicago’s Edward J. Moskal was born May 21, 1924, the son of immigrants. High school educated and a World War II veteran, he was the proprietor of a successful business at the time of his election in 1967 to serve as treasurer of the Polish National Alliance. At that...
Presidents of the Polish American Congress – Aloysius Mazewski
Aloysius A. Mazewski was born on January 5, 1916 in North Chicago, Illinois, the son of immigrants. Active in Polish community activities as a student in the 1930s, he graduated with a law degree from DePaul University and volunteered for military duty in...
A Successful Brochure Commemorates the Centennial of the Polish Victory at the Battle of Warsaw
The sixteen pages' brochure, Battle of Warsaw 1920, well merits a wide readership. The Polish American Congress National Office in Washington, DC would like to give this brochure to all 535 members of Congress to commemorate the centennial of...
Presidents of the Polish American Congress – Charles Rozmarek
Four individuals have served as president of the Polish American Congress since its founding in Buffalo, New York in June 1944 in World War II, just days before the great Normandy invasion of Nazi-occupied France. Each went on to contribute to realizing the mission of...
Giving Tuesday
Dear Polish Americans and Friends of Polonia, Today is #GivingTuesday! Please consider donating to support the advocacy, educational and cultural mission of the Polish American Congress. Since 1944, the Polish American Congress has been dedicated to persuading...
The Battle of Warsaw
Fought August 13-20, 1920 between the armies of the newly restored Poland and revolutionary Bolshevik Russia, this great battle is also known as “the Miracle of the Wisła" or Vistula, Poland’s main river. Pitting two armies totaling over 250,000 combatants, the battle...
The Extraordinary Ignacy Jan Paderewski is Born – 160 Years Ago
Ignacy Jan Paderewski was born on November 6/18, 1860 in the village of Kurylówka in Russian-ruled Podolia. A recognized child prodigy at the piano at age three, in 1872 he was sent by his father, a participant in the 1863 Polish insurrection against Russia, to study...
Kaptur, Kinzinger Resolution Supporting 3SI Unanimously Passes House
Today, Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), released statements after the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed their bipartisan resolution in support of the Three Seas Initiative (3SI). To read statements of Representatives Kaptur...