2008 Pulaski Day Parade Outstanding Float Award

On Sunday, October 5, 2008, the 75th Annual Pulaski Day Parade, sponsored by the Polish American Congress, Eastern Pennsylvania District, in Center City Philadelphia featured over 100 marching units and floats provided by Polish American organizations, parishes, schools, and musical groups.

Many of the floats highlighted the parade theme, the 400th Anniversary of the first Polish settlers in America. This colorful display alerted parade and television viewers of all nationalities that Polish Americans were marking a historic milestone.



The Polish National Alliance Lodge #3106 from Cumberland County, NJ, received special recognition for its float which offered a tribute to the accomplishments of the first Polish settlers in 1608, who built the first glass house and factory in America. The float featured enactors, members of PNA Lodge 3106 dressed in period costumes, manufacturing glass products and singing “Ojczyzno Ma”(my fatherland). The Polish American Congress extends congratulations to the Polish National Alliance, Group 3106, for a memorable tribute to the first Poles in America during the 75th Annual Pulaski Day Parade in Philadelphia on Sunday, October 5, 2008.