I visited the Library of Congress last week to review the 'Polish Declaration of Admiration for the United States' books. There are 114 volumes indexed by location, town and school, and they are in pristine condition. If you don't know about these volumes, they were signed by Polish school children, teachers and principals in 1926. Some pages even contain group photographs and artwork. I found my 10 year old uncle's signature and several others who probably are cousins. Unfortunately, my father, age 8, didn't sign it. What a treasure. I would bet that very few people have ever seen the books since they appear to be untouched. The photocopying staff is making copies and will send them to me. You must order the volumes ahead of time. I didn't find anything at the National Archives this time. The last time I was there was in 2000. Since then, they moved genealogy to the first floor, modernized, enlarged the space and added much more viewing equipment. Georgia In Cleveland

Folks, Volumes 1-13 have been digitized for some time and are available on-line. See http://www.loc.gov/rr/european/egw/polishex.html#vol1 for more information on this extraordinary gift from Poland to the United States. Makes me sad that the State Department and many of our Administrations fail to value the depth of Polish friendship. Roman Georgia wrote: > > I visited the Library of Congress last week to review the 'Polish > Declaration of Admiration for the United States' books. There are 114 > volumes indexed by location, town and school, and they are in pristine > condition. If you don't know about these volumes, they were signed by > Polish school children, teachers and principals in 1926. Some pages even > contain group photographs and artwork. I found my 10 year old uncle's > signature and several others who probably are cousins. Unfortunately, my > father, age 8, didn't sign it. What a treasure. I would bet that very few > people have ever seen the books since they appear to be untouched. The > photocopying staff is making copies and will send them to me. You must > order the volumes ahead of time. > ... > Georgia > In Cleveland >