by Małgorzata Schulz | Dec 14, 2020 | Featured Stories
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...
by Małgorzata Schulz | Dec 9, 2020 | Featured Stories
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...
by Małgorzata Schulz | Dec 7, 2020 | Featured Stories
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...
by Małgorzata Schulz | Nov 23, 2020 | Featured Stories
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...
by Małgorzata Schulz | Nov 18, 2020 | Featured Stories
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...
by Małgorzata Schulz | Nov 11, 2020 | Featured Stories
Wednesday November 11 marks two great anniversaries and two national days of remembrance. What is more, they are very closely connected to one another. On November 11, 1918 World War I ended with an ‘armistice’ or cease fire between the armies of Germany, France,...