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Re: Are today's Poles aware of this?

IskraTS11 — Sun Feb 17, 2019 5:04 am

Author: IskraTS11

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 5:04 am

It's the first time I've heard about that, and I've asked quite a couple people both in Poland and among the Polish diaspora abroad (USA, France...)
It's definitely something that should be displayed more in popular media, to be at least as known as the fact that the Statue of Liberty was a French gift!

Re: Are today's Poles aware of this?

Kim K — Tue Feb 12, 2019 4:45 pm

Author: Kim K

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2019 4:45 pm

Maybe a year ago I saw something noted about these items but I thought with regards to them being scanned? Are they now accessible somewhere?

Re: Are today's Poles aware of this?

aleksanderz — Mon Mar 12, 2018 5:40 am

Author: aleksanderz

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2018 5:40 am

Apparently, there is also a short Polish documentary (with English subtitles) about this Declaration .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu2rjXFK7Do

Re: Are today's Poles aware of this?

dgawell — Mon Mar 12, 2018 5:27 am

Author: dgawell

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2018 5:27 am

You know American history better than I! Thank you for your response. I have the book almost finished and it looks beautiful!

Re: Are today's Poles aware of this?

aleksanderz — Mon Mar 12, 2018 3:15 am

Author: aleksanderz

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2018 3:15 am

Personally, I was aware of this, but this is more of a curiosity than a well-known fact, probably only history fans have heard about this. I also do not remember learning about this in school.

This also happened few years after Woodrow Wilson's presidency has ended and he was (and still is) of great admiration in Poland because of the 13th point from his famous "Fourteen Points" declaration, which was as following:

"XIII. An independent Polish state should be erected which should include the territories inhabited by indisputably Polish populations, which should be assured a free and secure access to the sea, and whose political and economic independence and territorial integrity should be guaranteed by international covenant."

Re: Are today's Poles aware of this?

dgawell — Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:27 am

Author: dgawell

Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:27 am

Thank you. I didn't want the Polish relatives to be like "Oh, yeah, we all have seen/heard about this." The vast majority of Americans have no clue and even Polish Americans are not very aware.

Re: Are today's Poles aware of this?

sirdan — Tue Mar 06, 2018 11:52 am

Author: sirdan

Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2018 11:52 am

dgawell wrote:

What a lovely surprise to see some of my deceased relatives' signatures.

Nice! what a find!

And replying to Your question, hardly somebody knows this fact. Interwar Period was time of free independend Poland and i believe that time was not being shown as it should be during 50 years of communism after the WWII.

Re: Are today's Poles aware of this?

dgawell — Mon Mar 05, 2018 12:14 pm

Author: dgawell

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 12:14 pm

Do you think the average Pole is aware of this document/gift? I'm going to guess no.

Re: Are today's Poles aware of this?

Sophia — Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:21 am

Author: Sophia

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:21 am

Elzbieta Porteneuve shared this with us several months ago. Isn't it amazing?

Are today's Poles aware of this?

dgawell — Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:16 am

Author: dgawell

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:16 am

I came across this wonderful gift from Poland to the USA on the 150th anniversary of our revolution: "A Polish Declaration of Admiration and Friendship for the United States of America" written in 1926. It is a massive collection of bound books with thousands of pages of signatures and art work. I am attempting to get permission to make a book of the "best pages" (my opinion) with the intention of giving it to relatives when I visit. Their little village had two pages of signatures. What a lovely surprise to see some of my deceased relatives' signatures.

My question: are Polish people very aware that this gift from their nation?