Upcoming Events
WIANKI – Polish Festival of Wreaths, Washington DC, National Mall, Reflecting Pool, June 20th 2026 at 6pm
Please find more information at https://www.paaa.us/upcoming-events
- Polish Folk Music by Wianki Band (Prelude)
- Welcome by PAAA President Olek Skrypczuk
- National Anthems (Polish and US) – Dr. Laura Kafka-Price
- Introduction of special guests by President Olek Skrypczuk
- Welcome by Consul Teresa Chruszcz of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, DC
- 250th Patriotic Birthday Celebration by Brotherhood of Rooster
- Performance of This Land is Your Land
- Performance by the Ojczyzna Dance Group – Lublin Region
- Wianki Band – Musical Interlude
- Performance by Maki
- Performance by Dr. Laura Kafka Price
- Laura i Filon by Franciszek Karpinski and Antoni Szalinski
- Summertime – George Gershwin
- God Bless America – Irving Berlin
- Performance by Ojczyzna Dance Group – Cieszyn Region
- Performance by Maki
- Wianki Band – Musical Interlude
- Performance by Ojczyzna Dance GroupOjczyzna – Slask Region
- Procession of Wianki Girls to Reflecting Pool to Jarzebina Czerwona
- Wianki Girls Dance to Wila Wianki
- Polonaise with Dancers, Wianki Girls and Audience
- Music for Public Dancing
Past Events
The Gen. Casimir Pułaski Monument Dedication Ceremony at Barracks Park, St Louis County, MO, held on May 16.
A new monument honoring Revolutionary War hero Gen. Casimir Pułaski has been installed at Jefferson Barracks Park in St. Louis County, Missouri. The General Casimir Pułaski Monument will be formally dedicated during a public ceremony scheduled for May 16 at noon at the park site.
The project was developed through a collaborative effort involving the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the Polish Consulate in Chicago, the Honorary Consul for Poland in St. Louis, the Polish American Congress Missouri Division, and ACPC member, the Polish American Cultural Society of Metropolitan St. Louis.
Funding for the monument itself was provided by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Polish Consulate General in Chicago. Installation costs were covered entirely through contributions from local Polonia, including numerous organizations and individual donors.
Designed and constructed by the Bolesław Kochanowski Studio of Junction City, Wisconsin, the monument features a sculpted bust of General Pulaski mounted on a pedestal. An accompanying plaque describes Pułaski’s role and contributions to both the American Revolutionary War and the War of the Bar Confederation (1768–1772), fought to defend Poland’s independence from the Russian Empire.
The Spring Board meeting of the ACPC, April 17-19, 2026
The Polish Center of Discovery and Learning in Chicopee, MA hosted the Spring Board meeting of the ACPC, April 17-19. The Center is a living monument that celebrates the many contributions, both past and present, made to the economy, arts, and sciences of our nation by Polish people and their descendants.
Twenty-four officers, directors and committee chairs attended the meeting. The final event was a Mass celebrated by Fr. Brad Milunski, pastor of the Basilica of St. Stanislaus, Bishop & Martyr.
Above: L-to-R, Mark Szpak, Ed Krolikowski, Debbie Majka, Fr. Brad, Peter Obst, John Cebrowski, Ken Lemanski, and Tom Payne.
The Center is a must visit for all Polish-Americans and visitors from Poland. It offers a variety of exhibits of historical and cultural materials, workshops, concerts, conferences, seminars, films, plays, and lectures that focus on the history and traditions of the Polish people in Europe and the United States. www.polishcenter.net