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The Polish American Family Festival and Country Fair is a celebration of Polish American unity and pride that is among the largest and oldest festivals of its kind in the United States. It is held each year on the 170-acre (0.69 km 2 ) grounds of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa (often referred to as “American Czestochowa.") in ...
The Mummers Parade is held each New Year's Day in Philadelphia.Started in 1901, it is the longest-running continuous folk parade in the United States. [1]Local clubs, usually called "New Years Associations" or "New Years Brigades", compete in one of five categories: Comics, Wench Brigades, Fancies, String Bands, and Fancy Brigades.
The centerpiece of the new shrine was a church building designed by the Polish-American architect George Szeptycki housing the replica of the Black Madonna painting. Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, visited twice: first in 1969 and then in 1976, while attending the Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia. [4]
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Polish Fest makes its return to Henry W. Maier Festival Park from June 14-16, 2024. ... It was developed in 1982 and is known to be America's largest Polish festival as Milwaukee's Polish ...
Polish American voters are having a moment. The Polish and American flags fly at Mielec Airport in Mielec, Poland, in 2022.
Two states, Wisconsin [1] and Pennsylvania, [2] officially commemorated Polish American Heritage Month in 2013. Polish American Heritage Month is an annual event celebrated in October by Polish American communities. It was first celebrated in 1981 after organization by Michael Blichasz, President of the Polish American Cultural Center in ...
Organizers of the annual Made in America Music Festival that takes place over Labor Day weekend in Philadelphia announced Tuesday that this year’s event is canceled.