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PROCLAMATION
Polish American Heritage Month: October 2025
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.
Columbia Heights through the Sister Cities International organization was able to establish a
sister city in Lomianki, Poland over thirty years ago. This all -volunteer group has been
dedicated and active ever since a task force of community members was called together by its
late 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 good deeds honoring the original
goals of the organization: promoting educational, humanitarian, civic and cultural activities.
Additionally, several 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 year 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, Amdda Marquez Simula, Mayor of Columbia
Heights, do hereby proclaim the month of October, 2025 to be Polish American Heritage
Month, in the City of Columba Heights, County of Anoka, State of MN, U.S.A.
*A,ida Ma quez Simu a
September 22, 2025