[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16324]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




HONORING CHICAGO'S POLISH HIGHLANDERS MARUSZYNA KOLO NO. 35 ON ITS 40TH 
                              ANNIVERSARY

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                          HON. DANIEL LIPINSKI

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 23, 2017

  Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Chicago's Maruszyna 
Kolo No. 35, a lodge of the Polish Highlanders Alliance of North 
America, which celebrates its 40th anniversary on October 21, 2017.
  As a member of the Polish Highlanders Alliance, the lodge aims to 
organize Polish Highlanders in the Chicago area into a cohesive family. 
In addition to providing a meeting place for Highlanders across the 
Chicago area, the lodge cultivates Polish Highlander arts, customs, and 
traditions. The members also provide material assistance to the church 
and two schools in the village of Maruszyna in Poland.
  The lodge, located at 4808 S. Archer Avenue, is an important pillar 
of the community on the Southwest Side of Chicago. Polish Highlanders 
come from all across the region for celebrations at Maruszyna Kolo. On 
the first weekend of August every year, the lodge hosts a picnic on the 
same day that the village of Maruszyna hosts a fair celebrating its 
annual parish holiday. The picnic is attended by over 400 guests 
annually. The lodge also hosts a celebration during the second week of 
January where members share Christmas wafers and mark the end of 
Christmas celebrations by wishing one another well for the New Year.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing all that 
Maruszyna Kolo No. 35 does to bring together Polish Highlanders in the 
Chicago area and to support Poland. The lodge's dedication to community 
is admirable and I wish them the best as they continue their traditions 
and service for generations to come. One hundred years (Sto lat).

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