Rededication of the King Jagiełło Monument in Central Park
held under the Patronage of
The Honorable Anna Maria Anders
Senator of the Republic of Poland
Secretary of State
Plenipotentiary of the Prime Minister for International Dialogue
Secretary of State
Plenipotentiary of the Prime Minister for International Dialogue
08:00-12:00 – Historical game –
starting at the Kościuszko Foundation
(15 East 65th Street ) concluding at the King Jagiełło Monument –
Mirek Mikłowski
Location – King
Jagiełło Monument (Turtle Pond, entrance at 79th and Fifth Avenue)
Monument unveiling
Monument unveiling
12:00 - Welcome - Host - Consul
Katarzyna Padło of the
Consulate General of Poland
12:05 - Historical background of the monument –
Rev. Father Tadeusz
Lizińczyk, OSPPE, Parish of St. Stanislaus,
Bishop and Martyr,
Manhattan
12:15 - Unveiling – Senator Anna Maria Anders
Polish and American anthems - Angelus Choir
12:25 - Rededication - Rev. Father Tadeusz Lizińczyk, OSPPE
12:30 - Marie R. Warsh, Director for Preservation Planning,
Central Park
Conservancy – Comments of
the Conservation Process
12:40 – Presentation of the "Battle of Grunwald"
by children from the
PSD-Yonkers, Zuzanna Golec, scenario, Iza Laskowska, Polish
Theatre Institute arrangement
Bogurodzica, children joined by the Angelus Choir
Wreath-laying at the monument - Eastern Breakfast Group
1:10 - Polish and Lithuanian songs, Angelus Choir
Presentation on the King Jagiełło swords by Wojciech Budzyński
Banner of Jasna Góra, reenactment group
1:30 - Central
Park Folkdancers - Polish and international folk dances – with
public participation
1:45 - Photo ops
2:00 –End of official observances
Ballads with guitar accompaniment,
Picnic near the monument
Central Park Folkdancers, folk dances
with public participation at Turtle Pond plaza near the King Jagiello Monument
Compere Jerzy Leśniak