Part 3 – 1995-2009

Milestones in the story of The Polish American Congress Part III – 1995-2009 1995: The PAC backs voter registration efforts in the Polish American community and responds to a tragic fire in Gdansk, Poland by sending special supplies to the many burn victims....

Part 2: 1981 – 1994 – The first 50 years

Milestones in the story of The Polish American Congress The First Fifty Years – 1944 – 1994 [trx_dropcaps style=”1″]1981: In June, President Mazewski attends the funeral of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski in Warsaw and later meets with the leader of...

Part 1 – Creation of the PAC and 65-Year Overview

Milestones in the story of The Polish American Congress The First Fifty Years – 1944 – 1994 [trx_dropcaps style=”1″]1944: Founding of the Polish American Congress at a massive rally in Buffalo, New York, May 28-June 1, 1944. Some 2,600...

Origins of the Polish American Congress

by Donald Pienkos [trx_dropcaps style=”1″]The Polish American Congress (PAC, or Kongres Polonii Amerykanskiej, KPA) was established at a massive gathering in Buffalo, New York at the end of May 1944 in what proved to be the last year of the Second War....