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Upcoming Events
Dedication of USAAF Airlift 1944 Warsaw Uprising Memorial, Columbia Heights, MN
September 21, 2024
The Warsaw Uprising, which began on August 1, 1944, was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance Home Army to liberate Warsaw from German occupation. It was the largest military effort undertaken by any European resistance movement during the war. The uprising was a desperate bid to reclaim the capital as Soviet forces approached from the east.
One of the critical support operations for the uprising was Operation Frantic 7. On September 18, 1944, this USAAF mission involved a massive airdrop of supplies to the beleaguered Polish fighters. The mission saw B-17 Flying Fortresses flying from bases in England to deliver weapons, ammunition, food, and medical supplies.
Polish Cultural Insitute of Minnesota (PACIM), the Institute of National Remembrance in Poland, the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Chicago, and many other donors joined efforts to commemorate the heroic crew of the B-17 Flying Fortress named “I’ll Be Seeing You” that took part in Operation Frantic 7 and was shot down by Germans over the suburbs of Warsaw.
A rear gunner of the plane was Staff Sergeant Walter Shimshock, a Polish-American resident of Northeast Minneapolis. He was able to parachute from the crashing airplane but was captured and executed by the Germans.
A memorial to honor him and other members of the heroic crew will be unveiled in Huset Park In Columbia Heights, MN, on September 21, 2024 at 1:00 PM.
Dedication of Stone Tablets on the Battlefield at Savannah, Georgia
October 9, 2024 at 9:30 am
The public is cordially invited to to participate in the dedication ceremony and join us for complimentary brunch, offered to all attendees, after completion of the ceremonies, at the Locomotive House of the nearby Railroad Museum.
Battlefield Park Heritage Center
300 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Savannah, GA 31401
Those who would like to join the re-enactors and participate in the march to the battlefield, should come to the Savannah History Museum parking-lot (next door to the battlefield).
Assembly will begin in the morning at around 9:00 am.
Event organized by: the Georgia Coastal Heritage Society with participation of the Savannah General Pulaski Committee of the American Council for Polish Culture in cooperation with the Poles in America Foundation.
Event sponsored by: the Polish National Foundation of Warsaw, Poland.
2025 ACPC Convention, Chicago, Illinois
Buffalo, NY, July 30 – August, 2-10, 2025
Theme: Art & Architecture
Hosted by the Polish Arts Club of Buffalo. Celebrating the Club’s 80th Anniversary
By Robert Fronckowiak, President, Polish Arts Club of Buffalo