Post by gigi on Feb 20, 2009 14:50:50 GMT 1
These postcards are from the series "THE GLORIOUS DAYS OF THE POLISH-AMERICAN FRATERNITY" printed in Poland in 1939 by Drukarnia Narodowa, Kraków.
Polish pioneers in Virginia in the 17th Century. A group of Polish settlers summoned by the English, because of their outstanding knowledge of wood-industry, can be found amongst the founders of the first Virginia pioneers' settlement, Jamestown. Owing to their exceptional industriousness they were granted equal rights with English settlers by a document issued on the 31st of July 1619, unlike the colonists of any other nation.
George Washington and Casimir Pulaski before the standard of Pulaski’s Legion. The standard is preserved at the Maryland Historic Society in Baltimore as “one of the most precious relics of the American Revolution”.
Casimir Pulaski's death. Casimir Pulaski, a heroic fighter in the Independence War, was mortally wounded in the Battle of Savannah on the 9th October 1779. He was transferred on board a ship and died on the 11th October in his 32nd year and was buried at sea. Innumerable monuments were erected to celebrate his memory persisting in the hearts of the American people.
“Panna Maria” Texas. A group of Silesian peasants, forced by the persecutions of the enemy Government, came to find freedom and land in the free American country. The pioneer settlement in the midst of the Texas wilderness was founded under the direction of their priest, Father Leopold Moczygeba, and called “Panna Maria”.
Polish pioneers in Virginia in the 17th Century. A group of Polish settlers summoned by the English, because of their outstanding knowledge of wood-industry, can be found amongst the founders of the first Virginia pioneers' settlement, Jamestown. Owing to their exceptional industriousness they were granted equal rights with English settlers by a document issued on the 31st of July 1619, unlike the colonists of any other nation.
George Washington and Casimir Pulaski before the standard of Pulaski’s Legion. The standard is preserved at the Maryland Historic Society in Baltimore as “one of the most precious relics of the American Revolution”.
Casimir Pulaski's death. Casimir Pulaski, a heroic fighter in the Independence War, was mortally wounded in the Battle of Savannah on the 9th October 1779. He was transferred on board a ship and died on the 11th October in his 32nd year and was buried at sea. Innumerable monuments were erected to celebrate his memory persisting in the hearts of the American people.
“Panna Maria” Texas. A group of Silesian peasants, forced by the persecutions of the enemy Government, came to find freedom and land in the free American country. The pioneer settlement in the midst of the Texas wilderness was founded under the direction of their priest, Father Leopold Moczygeba, and called “Panna Maria”.