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Article: The Polish American Credo

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Chrapkiewicz, Joseph
Polish-American Journal
09-01-2000
The Polish American Credo

by Joseph Chrapkiewicz

In my veins flow the blood of a Pope, Patriots, Kings, Scientists,
Scholars, and Courageous Peasants.

I am the descendant of Copernicus, who would reach for the stars, a Madame
Maria Sklodowska Curie unraveling the mysteries of Nature; and Ignacy Jan
Paderewski, uplifting the souls of man.

Yes, I am a Polish American

My heart beats with love for my Ancestral Homeland, and for my adopted
country, young United States of America. When tyranny or despotism has
threatened, I have always been the first to resist.

I was with Sobieski lifting the siege of Vienna, with Kazimierz Pulaski in
Savannah, Tadeusz ...

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