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Am-Pol Eagle
The Am-Pol Eagle Citizen of the Year Award is given out by the weekly Polish American newspaper the ''Am-Pol Eagle''. The award is given to individuals and organizations in the Polish American community "in recognition of outstanding service and unselfish contributions on the behalf of the Polish-American cause" in various fields. There are 25 different categories but each category may not have a winner every year. The award is considered to be one of the highest honors given within the Polish-American community. The ''Am-Pol Eagle'', published in Buffalo, New York, was founded in 1960 by Matthew Pelczynski who was known as "the voice of the Polish-American community."''Polish American studies'' (2002), Vols 59-60, p. 44 Am-Pol Eagle Citizen of the Year Award recipients National *2013 – None *2012 – None *2011 – None *2008 – Anthony Bajdek *2007 – Christian Holocaust Survivors *2006 – Deborah M. Majka *2005 – Bozenna Urbanowicz Gilbride *2004 – Edward Rowny *2003 †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish American
Polish Americans ( pl, Polonia amerykańska) are Americans who either have total or partial Polish ancestry, or are citizens of the Republic of Poland. There are an estimated 9.15 million self-identified Polish Americans, representing about 2.83% of the U.S. population. Polish Americans are the second-largest Central European ethnic group after German Americans, and the eighth largest ethnic group overall in the United States. The first Polish immigrants came to the Jamestown colony in 1608, twelve years before the Pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts. Two Polish volunteers, Casimir Pulaski and Tadeusz Kościuszko, led armies in the Revolutionary War and are remembered as American heroes. Overall, around 2.2 million Poles and Polish subjects immigrated into the United States, between 1820 and 1914, chiefly after national insurgencies and famine. They included former Polish citizens of Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish or other minority descent. Exact immigration figures are unk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
