[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 21 (Wednesday, March 2, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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      THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

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                        HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 2, 1994

  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, Ukrainian-American immigrants to the United 
States have played an important role in the settlement and development 
of the United States of America. Like other groups of hard-working 
immigrants that have made this country a great and prosperous nation, 
Ukranianian-Americans faced hardships and a loss of connection to the 
country of their birth as they worked to build a new life here in the 
United States.
  Today, I would like to recognize the important role that the 
Ukrainian National Association has played in helping Ukrainian-
Americans and their families overcome those hardships and maintain a 
link to their original culture.
  Founded on February 22, 1894 as a fraternal insurance organization, 
the UNA has expanded from 13 branches to 370 branches in the United 
States and Canada and now has over 66,000 members and $100 million in 
assets. Conceived in the pages of Svoboda, the first Ukrainian 
newspaper in the United States and the oldest Ukrainian newspaper in 
the world, the UNA now publishes Svoboda as its official newspaper, as 
well as the English-language Ukrainian Weekly and the children's 
magazine Veseka. The UNA also provides its members the benefits of 
educational, cultural, social and charitable program as well as 
scholarships, a retirement home, and the Soyuzivka resort in the 
Catskill Mountains of my State of New York.
  Mr. Speaker, I take great pleasure in recognizing the work of the 
Ukrainian National Association as it commemorates the centennial of its 
birth. I wish it many, many more years of success in its work on behalf 
of the Ukrainian-American community.
  In these times of painful economic and political transition back in 
Ukraine itself, I take great pleasure in once again saluting the UNA 
and all Ukrainian-Americans for the great contributions they have made 
to the United States.

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