On Sunday, October 19th, Polish Americans in the Philadelphia, PA, area continued to celebrate October as Polish American Heritage Month and mark the 400th Anniversary of the First Polish Settlers in America in 1608, with a traditional Polish Harvest Festival called Dozynki. The event was sponsored by the Polish American Cultural Center Museum and the Polish American Congress Eastern Pennsylvania District.
The Harvest celebration began with a Polish Harvest Mass at 10:30 A.M. in St. Adalbert Church, Thompson Street and Allegheny Avenue in PortRichmond Philadelphia. Children from St. Adalbert’s Polish Language School sang during the Mass. After Mass, the crowd of 500 people and one hundred performers dressed in colorful Polish costumes and in Polish scout uniforms enjoyed the Dozynki Festival in St. Adalbert hall. Featured were the Music Box Band and ongoing entertainment by St. Adalbert’s Polish Language School, the P.K.M. Polish Folk Dancers, Janosik Polish Folk Dancers and the Polish Scouts, Harcerstwo. Philadelphia’s Polonia continues to enjoy the music, food, traditions and culture of Poland within the mosaic of Philadelphia’s ethnic communities. For more information about Polish history and culture visit the Museum’s Internet site at: PolishAmericanCenter.com.
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