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PROCLAMATION
Polish American Heritage Month: October 2024
October is national Polish -American Heritage Month, a celebration of Polish Heritage founded in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1981, to bring attention to the many notable and important
contributions by Poles and Polish Americans to the United States of America and the World.
Our Columbia Heights, MN/Lomianki, Poland, Sister Cities International organization is
celebrating its 35th Anniversary. This all -volunteer group has been dedicated and active ever since
a task force of community members was called together by Founder, Dolores Puente Strand, in late
1989 after receiving approval from then Mayor Dale Hadtrath.
Our Sister Cities' members have been true in spirit and in deeds to our original goals: promoting
educational, humanitarian, civic and cultural activities. Additionally, a number of our members
are also official members of Polish American Cultural Institute of MN (PACIM) and participate in
their events and activities.
Every September, since 1993 the people of our sister city, Lomianki, Poland gather at the War
Cemetery in Kielpin to honor and remember the soldiers who fought in the Second World War, the
Warsaw Insurgents, and the Allied Pilots who helped the insurgents when a US Air Force plane
was shot down. This commemoration has been taking place for over 30 years, and this past
weekend members of our Sister City welcomed dignitaries from Poland and the Minnesotan Polish
Community to unveil and dedicate a sister memorial here in Columbia Heights, in Huset Park.
NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved that I, Amada Marquez Simula, Mayor of Columbia Heights, do
hereby proclaim the month of October, 2024 to be Polish American Heritage Month, in the City of
Columba Heights, County of Anoka, State of MN, U.S.A.
A ada Marquez Simula, Mayor
September 23, 2024