Wednesday, October 12, 2016

A CELEBRATION OF KING JAGIEŁŁO IN NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30, 2016


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

 
Date - October 30, 2016

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

 
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

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