The most important election campaign in the history of the world is taking place in the USA, the result of which will be to define the reality in which we will live. Will it be a left-liberal world or will it still be a world of conservative values?
Read more...This year's prestigious Nobel Prize in physics went to three outstanding scientists. Half (50%) of the award went to the famous British mathematician and physicist Sir Roger Penrose of the University of Oxford. It is of particular interest to us, as the scientist has recently been working closely with Polish scientists. The remainder of the award (25% each) was split equally between two astrophysicists associated with California University at Berkeley: Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez.
Read more...Alfred Bernhard Nobel, the Swedish inventor and founder of the famous Prize by his name, was a rather controversial figure. He was a loner, living in isolation, traveling a lot, never got married, had few friends, and was very distant with his family. Politically conservative, for example, he was against allowing women to vote, and was not particularly liked as a manager. Once he became seriously ill, the only person who visited him was his employee. He lived in hotels and in his laboratories, which is why Victor Hugo called him "the richest vagabond in Europe".
Read more...I was moved to write this short essay by a remark observing that one of our American political luminaries who is running for one of the highest offices of the land hates Catholics. To this a friend of mine responded that Catholics hate themselves.
Read more...During the ABC town hall in Philadelphia, Joe Biden compared Poland and Hungary to Byelorussia and claimed that they were in a league of some totalitarian states that are being embraced by President Trump.
Read more...It's time to file away our own electoral preferences and make a cold analysis of the role played by the American Polonia in the service of the Polish nation.
Read more...Building a positive image of Poland abroad requires titanic work and the inclusion of all forces friendly to Poland in this task. The largest and strongest of these groups is the Polish diaspora, which on a global scale includes approximately 20 million Poles and people of Polish origin.
Read more...In just a few short years, the south side congregations at St. Stanislaus and St. Hyacinth could not accommodate the growing number of Polish Catholics seeking to worship. Father Gulski decided to divide his St. Hyacinth parish and began efforts to organize a fourth Polish parish in Milwaukee.
Read more...Dr. Łucja Świątkowska-Cannon, specialist in the field of international relations and economics, consultant and political advisor, author of many publications. In the 2016 presidential election campaign, she was the former chairwoman of the Advisory Committee "American Polonia for Donald Trump". In the current 2020 campaign, she is the co-chair of this organization.
Read more...I live and work in Florida. I participated in the successful election campaign of the incumbent US President, Donald J. Trump in 2016 as a member of the organization "Polish Americans for Trump". I was also part of the Polish delegation invited to board the Trump plane, then still a presidential candidate, where I had the opportunity to talk to him personally and express our organization's support for his candidacy.
Read more...The Rebellious, Steadfast, Cursed (Niepokorni Niezłomni Wyklęci) Film Festival is a unique event. It will be held on September 24-27, 2020 in Gdynia. The festival will be held in 5 competition categories and over 100 productions - top-class Polish and foreign films about recent history.
Read more...The year 2020 marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. The United Kingdom remembers the contribution of 145 Polish airmen, who fought shoulder to shoulder with the Allies against Germany.
Read more...Never has any Polish commander's sculpture made it into a British museum. This can change thanks to the Polish community. The National Army Museum in London has expressed a desire to exhibit a bust of one of the greatest Polish heroes - General Władysław Anders.
Read more...That summer (1939) was important and a breakthrough for scout Leonard Jędrzejczak. He graduated from middle school and was about to start high school after the summer holidays. He performed the function of a camp guard at a scout camp near Kościerzyna. He had his first love and his first kiss. On August 6, together with a few colleagues from Bydgoszcz, he went to the Military Training Camp in Myszyniec.
Read more...The skies over Great Britain on 15 September 1940, exactly 80 years ago, saw one of the largest aerial battles in history. The day, now known as the Battle of Britain Day, is when the German air force, the formidable and so far undefeated Luftwaffe, conducted its largest and the most concentrated attacks against London
Read more...What do we know about the influence of Poles on American culture? We mention a few names: Pola Negri, Helena Modrzejewska and it ends there, but if you look closely, there are more Poles in the multinational mosaic of American culture than we would expect. In this article, I would like to introduce you to another great American actress of Polish origin - Gilda Gray, or Marianna Michalska from Krakow.
Read more...The World Trade Center 1 and 2 skyscrapers were built in the years 1968 - 1971. They were about 415 meters high. Additionally, a 109-meter antenna mast was installed on the roof of skyscraper # 1. The architect of both buildings was Minoru Yamasaki and the New York-based company Emery Roth, and the owners - the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Read more...Lieutenant Colonel Antoni Rogoziński in the years 1929-31 completed his basic military service, during which he graduated from the NCO school of communications in Zegrze. In the September campaign, he was a communications officer of the Supreme Command Division.
Read more...The coronavirus pandemic since March has caused much tangible and less tangible damage but may have had a positive impact on some processes. Despite social isolation, it had a positive impact on the integration of the Polish community.
Read more...The United States and Poland on August 15 signed the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, which supplements the existing NATO “Status of Forces Agreement.” The deal contradicts widespread recent claims that the removal of some U.S. troops from Germany will weaken NATO and undermine deterrence against Russia.
Read more...Special animated video "Road to Freedom" prepared for the 40th anniversary of the NSZZ "Solidarność" (Independent Self-governing Trade Union “Solidarity”). The exhibition will be on display from August 7 to September 6, 2020, at the main railway stations in Lublin, Kraków and Wrocław, as well as at the Central Railway Station in Warsaw.
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Waldemar Biniecki
The original Kuryer Polski was the first Polish daily newspaper printed in the United States. Its founder was Michał Kruszka who published the newspaper in June 1888 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Read more...Stanisław Zwierzchowski was born on April 27, 1880 in Śrem in Wielkopolska (Greater Poland), under the Prussian partition. He graduated from gymnasium in his hometown and technical studies in Berlin-Charlottenburg. In 1905. with a mechanical engineering degree, he came to Poznań and did an internship at the Hipolit Cegielski Factory. Following the footsteps of his countrymen, he went to the United States for further studies and quickly found a job as a structural engineer at the Allis Chalmers Co plant in Milwaukee.
Read more...Kuryer Polski was born in hardship and uncertainty, after all, its creator - Michał Kruszka, had already had two unsuccessful publishing attempts behind him. At the beginning of Kuryer's way, Michał was a truly Renaissance figure - the creator and executor of his idea. Soon he was supported in the implementation of his project by two brothers who came from Słabomierz - Józef and Wacław.
Read more...Part I - Michał Kruszka
Katarzyna Murawska
Historical documents confirm that the Polish people have always been associated with America. The list of great Poles who made an impact throughout the history of the United States is long. It begins with the semi-legendary “John of Kolno” who supposedly came to this continent 16 years before Columbus.
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