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During World War I the Polonia in the United States and Canada provided more than 28,000 volunteers to the Polish Army in France. About 14,500 returned after the War to America. In May 1921, at a convention in Cleveland the veterans founded the SWAP. Its first president was Teofil Starzyński, an outstanding activist with the Polish Falcons. [1]
Membership is open to people of Polish or Slavic descent, or the spouses of same, who are between 16 and 60 years old, of good moral character, and mentally and physically sound. Social membership without insurance, is also available. In 1978 the Falcons had 26,346 beneficiary members and 2,867 social members. [4] In 1994, there were 30,000 ...
Falcon Park was originally built in 1927 on the same site which currently houses the 1995 reconstructed facility. The stadium is called Falcon Park because it was built by a fraternal organization in Auburn called the Polish Falcons. The Polish Falcons owned the stadium until 1959, when the local minor league franchise purchased it.
The following cities and municipalities are among those that have 10,000 or more residents who are of Polish ancestry (in descending order by Polish population): New York City, New York - 213,447 (2.7%).
Pages in category "Polish-American organizations" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. ... Polish Falcons of America;
Polish Women's Alliance of American - PWAA (pol. Związek Polek W Ameryce), Polish Roman Catholic Union of America (pol. Zjednoczenie Polskie Rzymsko-Katolickie), Polish Falcons (pol. Polskie Towarzystwo Gimnastyczne "Sokół"), Macierz Polska, Towarzystwo Bratniej Pomocy Studentów (pot. Bratniak, St. Anne's Society (pol. Towarzystwo św.
The order had 453 members in 7 lodges in 1856, and 928 in 10 lodges in 1863, all within the state of New York. The first lodge outside of New York was Benjamin #15 in Philadelphia, on July 30, 1865. In 1899 the Order had 15,000 members in 104 lodges spread across 21 states. [73] In 1923 the order had 6,645 members in 78 lodges. [75]
During that time only minor nests continued their activity abroad, among the Polish diaspora in the United Kingdom, United States (Polish Falcons), France and several other countries. The following year, on January 10, the first nest since World War II was officially registered and on March 1, 1990, the society was again registered in Poland.