[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 16 (Wednesday, February 23, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 23, 1994]
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      THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 Mr. BRADLEY. Mr. President, on February 22, the Ukrainian 
National Association celebrated its 100th birthday.
  The Ukrainian National Association was founded on February 22, 1894, 
as a fraternal insurance organization to meet the financial needs of 
the growing Ukrainian immigrant community in the United States. Over 
the course of a century, it has developed into much, much more. With 
370 lodges in the United States and Canada, the UNA provides its 
members with a wide range of educational, cultural, social, and 
charitable benefits. The UNA publishes two newspapers--Svoboda, the 
oldest Ukrainian-language daily in the world, and the English-language 
Ukrainian Weekly--and has financed numerous books on Ukraine.
  During the many dark years when Ukraine was under foreign domination, 
the UNA helped keep alive the flame of Ukraine's culture and 
traditions. Now that Ukraine is free, the UNA can look to a second 
century of service as an essential link between North Americans of 
Ukrainian descent and their homeland.

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