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State Department’s Poland Fact Sheet
Source: https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2019/02/289379.htm Secretary Pompeo's Visit to Poland: Honoring Shared History and Building for Our Future February 12 For decades, the United States stood with Poles who were fighting for their political, economic, religious,...
Letter to CEO of NBC Universal Philip Griffin
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Baseball in Poland! Yes, you can help!
Baseball in Poland! Yes! You can help! On March 8-10, 2019, the 19th Annual International Baseball Tournament will be played in Poland. 350 boys and girls from Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Czech Republic and possibly Russia, will be participating. The tournament...
Report on Exchange Place Alliance Public Meeting, January 15, 2019
January 15, 2019 Dear Klara, Overall, today's meeting guarded good news. At the Q&A, I asked Mr. De Marco if the Exchange Place Alliance intends to sue Jersey City to repeal the 19 December 2018 Ordinance. Mr. De Marco said that he "personally" has no plans to do...
Embassy Celebration of Poland’s Centennial of Regained Independence
The following article and image are republished with permission of the author and publication. Polish American Journal Buffalo, NY – USA www.polamjournal.com Text & Photo: Richard Poremski Receiving the Plethora of Guests. Military Attache Colonel Michal Sprengel,...
The Katyń Monument Will Not Be Moved
By John Czop At their 19 December 2018 meeting, the Jersey City Council unanimously voted-up, 8-0, Ordinance 18-144, calling for Andrzej Pitynski's Katyń Massacre Monument to remain in perpetuity where it now stands in Exchange Place, on the west bank of the Hudson...
The Katyń Massacre Monument and Its Place in Modern History
by Dr. Lucja Cannon Protecting historical landmarks symbolizing freedom and horrors of genocide should be above reproach. However, the Jersey City monument commemorating the 1940 Katyn massacre of 22,000 Polish POW officers held by the Soviet Army after its...
PAC Resolution Supporting Establishing Permanent NATO base for U.S. troops in Poland
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Passing of Mrs. Virginia Sikora
It is with great sadness that we learned about the passing of Mrs. Virginia Sikora. She was the former President of the Polish Woman’s Alliance and President of the Polish American Congress, a role she assumed after the death of Edward Moskal in 2005. Mrs. Sikora had...
Condolences to the Family of Former President George H.W. Bush
As President of the Polish American Congress, and on behalf of the PAC Executive Committee, our PAC members, Polish Americans throughout our great country, as well as our many friends, I extend my deepest sympathies to the President George H.W. Bush Family upon his...