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The following communities have more than 30% of the population as being of Polish ancestry, based on data extracted from the United States Census, 2000, for communities with more than 1,000 individuals identifying their ancestry (in descending order by percentage of population): [31] Pulawski Township, Michigan 65.7%; Posen Township, Michigan 65.4%
Its name comes from a Polish male name Jacek (Jack). [22] (pol.) Kalisz, a place named after Kalisz, Poland. [23] Mount Pulaski, named after Casimir Pulaski a Polish nobleman and general in American Revolutionary War. [9] Mount Pulaski Township, named after Casimir Pulaski a Polish nobleman and general in American Revolutionary War. [9]
The history of Polish immigration to the United States can be divided into three stages, beginning with the first stage in the colonial era down to 1870, small numbers of Poles and Polish subjects came to America as individuals or in small family groups, and they quickly assimilated and did not form separate communities, with the exception of Panna Maria, Texas founded in the 1850s.
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Polish-Americans entered the United States in relatively large numbers before 1914, and during this time many were mostly apolitical. Only during the 1920s as a result of Woodrow Wilson's policies did America's Polonia turn to the Democratic Party with strong allegiance; the allegiance to the Democratic Party was strengthened by the candidacy of Al Smith, a Catholic politician, and FDR's labor ...
The 39th annual Polish Fest returns to St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Rockford on Sunday. Rockford's annual Polish Fest is right around the corner. Here's how to attend like a pro
The first Polish immigrants came to the Jamestown colony in 1608, twelve years before the Pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts. [4] These early settlers were brought as skilled artisans by the English soldier–adventurer Captain John Smith, and included a glass blower, a pitch and tar maker, a soap maker and a timberman. [4]
The United States and the European Union's top justice official on Tuesday criticized Polish plans for a law that they say could keep political opponents from holding public office without them ...