We’re Living Longer!
We’re living longer thanks to medical science as it has been developing over the millennium. In ancient times, mankind was helpless in the face of illness and injury, especially in the case of epidemics. The Plague or Black Death of 14th Century Europe wiped out one third of the population, while Spanish influenza in 1918 […]
The Cleveland Foundation welcomes Polish-American Cultural Center!
Polish-American Cultural Center in Honor of John Paul II has reached yet another milestone; in May 2009 Polish-American Cultural Center (PACC) established an organizational endowment fund at the Cleveland Foundation. The foundation want to thank the board of directors of PACC for the trust you have placed in the foundation. So what does this mean […]
Treasures from the attic: Virtuti Militari
A ribbon of black and blue Girdles a silver cross Virtuti Militari What does it mean — do you know? It stands for the virtues of the soldier The noble ones dream of it But to obtain this cross You must disdain death and blood
The “Enigma” Secret
Some time ago, Dr. Elzbieta Ulanowska published an article in our “Forum” on the enormous contribution of Polish mathematicians in the victory over the Bolsheviks in 1920. Let me only remind readers that the Polish mathematicians deciphered the code used by the Red Army, so all the moves of the Red Army’s divisions were well […]
Jan Nowak-Jeziorański 1913 – 2005
My fate forever remains bound to the fate of my country. Jan Nowak-Jezioranski has passed away. Our distinguished countryman, true hero, great moral authority, a man entirely dedicated to his country, departed on his final mission on January 20, 2005 at the age of 92. He was buried with honors in his native soil at the […]