https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=2502857&GUID=29A6293A-0F29-42B3-A754-D42D8EC515DDLegistar15https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=2502857&GUID=29A6293A-0F29-42B3-A754-D42D8EC515DD29A6293A-0F29-42B3-A754-D42D8EC515DD-2015-10-29-18-14-23Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING POLISH HERITAGE MONTH WHEREAS, the first Polish Immigrants to North America came on May14, 1607 as settlers of Jamestown, Virginia; and WHEREAS, General Kazimierz Pulaski, General Tadeusz Kosciuszko (father of the American Cavalry) and countless other Poles came to America to fight in the Revolutionary war; and WHEREAS, these Polish partisans came to America to help create a new and free country in America; and WHEREAS, the Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791, is recognized as the world's second codified constitution in history and Europe's first constitution and was modeled after the United States Constitution; and WHEREAS, the Polish Constitution is honored every year by Polish people in America and the world; and WHEREAS, Poles and Americans of Polish descent have distinguished themselves in art, science, religion, sports, politics and the U.S military (such as: Frederick Chopin, Madam Curie Skwodowska, Wladyslaw Liberace, Mike Krzyzewski, Stan Musial, Nicolas Copernicus, Pope John Paul II the Great, Zbigniew Brzezinski, EdmundThu, 29 Oct 2015 18:14:23 GMT