[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 23864-23865]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  IN HONOR OF THE GRAND OPENING OF THE POLISH NATIONAL ALLIANCE'S NEW 
                                BUILDING

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 23, 2000

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, today I recognize the Polish National 
Alliance of Council 6,

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in Garfield Heights, Ohio. The Grand Opening of the Alliance's 
magnificent new building is on Saturday, October 21, 2000.
  The Polish National Alliance is the largest ethnic fraternity in the 
world. Established in 1880, the PNA was formed to unite the members of 
the Polish immigrant community in America behind the dual causes of 
Poland's independence and their own advancement into mainstream 
American society. In 1885, the Alliance established an insurance 
program for the benefit of its members. Throughout its nearly 120-year-
long heritage, the Alliance has grown to include education benefits for 
its members, newspapers promoting harmony and the Polish National 
cause, and has worked to promote Poland's independence. Since World War 
I, the PNA and its members have given generously to help meet the 
material and medical needs of Poland's people, as well.
  Today, the Alliance has grown enormously in both numbers and 
influence, with a proud record of serving the insurance needs of more 
than two million men, women and children since 1880. As one of over 
nine-hundred local lodge groups, the Polish National Alliance Council 6 
has carried on the great tradition and character of the PNA.
  I ask that my colleagues join with me to commend the Polish National 
Alliance for years of service to both the local and national Polish 
communities, and also the diverse world community at-large. I rise to 
wish them many more years of accomplishments and achievements in their 
new building.

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