A plaque has been unveiled in honour of General Tadeusz Kosciuszko in Turku.
“In the city of Turku in Finland, a plaque has been unveiled commemorating the visit of Tadeusz Kosciuszko in January 1797,” reports the newspaper Rzeczpospolita. “The locals have adopted the Polish hero of the struggle for independence with great affection.
Kosciuszko Heritage has received a clipping from the newspaper Trafalgar News (from Gippsland) about the Strzelecki koala.
The clipping was sent by Lidia Legun. The newspaper writes (on 07/04/2015) that a student, Faye Wedrowicz, will give a talk about the genetics of the Strzelecki koala.…
Kosciuszko Heritage has received a surprise from the Kosciuszko Mound in Krakow: a package with two copies of the comic book for children and young people Kosciuszko in Krakow 1794 and Krzysztoforek: The magazine for young explorers, as well as many postcards depicting Kosciuszko Mound and Kosciuszko himself.
Kosciuszko Heritage is looking for cartoonists, painters and animators to assist in the production of a video about Tadeusz Kosciuszko.
For the last few months, Kosciuszko Heritage has been working on a DVD-documentary titled Kosciuszko in Tsarist Captivity. This was the most painful and least explored part of the life of Kosciuszko: a hero defeated by brute force, but morally victorious.
Felix Molski, a Kosciuszko Heritage committee member, travelled to Hawaii last year and made a journey following the footsteps of Sir Paul Edmund Strzelecki.
Sir Paul Edmund Strzelecki will be remembered and honoured during the 2015 PolskaÉire Festival.
The event, which runs from March 21 – 29 nationwide in Ireland, aims to “champion the diversity that Polish people bring to Ireland”. It has been established to coincide with the UEFA Republic of Ireland vs.…
