File #: 15-6142    Version: Name: RECOGNIZING POLISH HERITAGE MONTH
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 10/21/2015 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 10/28/2015 Final action: 10/28/2015
Title: 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 K...
Sponsors: LUIS ARROYO JR, RICHARD R. BOYKIN, JERRY BUTLER, JOHN P. DALEY, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, GREGG GOSLIN, STANLEY MOORE, SEAN M. MORRISON, JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, ROBERT STEELE, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI
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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, Edmund Muskie and many others; and

WHEREAS, many Polish political leaders and dignitaries here in Chicago, such as Roman Pucinski, Alderman, Aurelia Pucinski, Appellate Court Justice, Dan Lipinski, Congressman, Michael Zalewski, Alderman, Ted Lechowicz, Cook County Commissioner, Dan Rostenkowski, Congressman, Dan Kotowski, State Senator, Jeff Tobolski, Cook County Commissioner, Paul Pustelnik & Jacek Zalewski, publishers of the Monitor Polish Newspaper, Frank Spula, President of the Polish National Alliance & the Polish American Congress, Joseph Drobot, Jr., President of the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America, Bogdan Dola, President TVP Chicago and many other have promoted the Polish agenda of democracy, family, faith, hard work and the achievement of the American dream; and

WHEREAS, Poles and Americans of Polish descent struggled to create a new and free Poland after the en...

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