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A Resolution in Regard to Building a Monument in Honor of Thaddeus Kosciusko

Dziennik Chicagoski, Feb. 5, 1896

(We have received the following correspondence with a request that it be published in the Dziennik Chicagoski.)

We, delegates from national and church societies in Chicago, assembled this first day of February, 1896, in the central office of the Polish National Alliance to arrange a celebration on the 150th anniversary of the birth of Thaddeus Kosciusko resolve that

Whereas, In this all important year, a monument in honor of the beloved leader of the Polish people will be erected, be it therefore

Resolved, That the existing committee in charge of the monument project get 2energetically to work and carry out this all important enterprise. Be it further

Resolved, That the committee make a public announcement at its next meeting as to the full cost of the monument, and where and when it will be built. We promise to do everything in our power to assist the committee.

After we have received a satisfactory answer to the above request, we will turn over to the committee in charge of the monument all of the donations already collected, as well as those we still have to collect.

Committee selected by the delegates, S. Pulkowski, Adam Majewski, and Moszczynski.

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