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The Polish National Alliance (
pol. Związek Narodowy Polski) is the largest and one of the oldest Polish fraternal organizations in the
United States, founded on
14 February 1880 in
Philadelphia under the influence of Polish patriot
Agaton Giller. Its first president was
Juliusz Andrzejkowicz.
The PNA founded a number of publishing and educational institutions. From 1912 to 1991 it owned
Alliance College in
Cambridge Springs, PA. The organization founded the Polish Library in
Chicago and Immigrants House in New York. In
1910 it built the monument of
Tadeusz Kościuszko in
Washington D.C.
In the years
1912-
1914 the PNA financially supported the Commission of the Temporary Confederated Independence Movements. During
World War I it collaborated with the
Polish National League and the
Polish National Committee in
Paris. During
World War II it backed the
Polish Government in exile. In
1944 it was a co-founder of the
Polish American Congress (pol.
Kongres Polonii Amerykańskiej). In
1968 it requested that the US Congress recognize Polish-German borders along the
Oder-Neisse line. In
1971 it lobbied for a new Congressional inquiry into the
Katyn Forest Massacre.
Since the end of the
19th century the PNA has been the largest Polish fraternal organization in the USA with assets of 0.5 billion dollars as a result of insurance activity (the only requirement of membership is to buy an insurance policy - life, health etc), and returns from banks and media they own, such as
Dziennik Związkowy (Polish Daily News), and WPNA-AM in
Oak Park, Illinois.
The main authority of the organization is its Congress named
Sejm Związkowy, held every 4 years, but the government is the
Zarząd with the president of the PNA, and the Board of Directors (pol.
Rada Dyrektorów).
The supreme comptroller of the organization is (pol.
cenzor ZNP), who is responsible only before the Sejm. PNA edits its own paper "Zgoda" which is delivered free to all members.
The national headquarters of the Polish National Alliance is in the
Forest Glen area of Chicago and is visible from the
Edens Expressway. The headquarters was relocated here in the
1970's from
Chicago's
Polish Triangle in
West Town.
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