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CHICAGO
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POLISH CONSTITUTION DAY
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 The
committee checks over the guest list as Brother George Migala collects
his ticket. Seated (l. to r.) are Matt Kutza, Chris Matuszczak, Romuald
Matuszczak and T. Ron Jasinski-Herbert. |
 Brother
Romuald Matuszczak, Chairman of the Chicago Society's Pre-Parade Brunch,
opens the event at the Gold Room of the Congress Plaza Hotel. |
 Among
the guests were Franciszek Adamczyk, Consul General of the Polish
Consulate in Chicago; Congressman Rod Blagojevich; and Blagojevich Aide
Ewa Sieradzka. |
 Posing
for a group photo are Attorney Maureen Pikarski, Attorney John Pikarski,
Jr., Cook County State's Attorney Dick Devine, Congressman Rod
Blagojevich, Congressional Candidate Rahm Emanuel and Illinois State
Comptroller Dan Hynes. |
 Congressman
Rod Blagojevich, who is also a candidate for Illinois Governor,
addressed the assemblage of almost 200 guests. |
 Consul
General Franciszek Adamczyk offered comments about the history and
meaning of Polish Constitution Day. |
 Dick
Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, expressed his appreciation of
the Polish American community and its many contribution to society. |
 Members
of the Chicago Society parade up Columbus Drive in Downtown Chicago as a
unit of the Polish Constitution Day Parade. |
 The
Chicago Society marchers were followed by a trolley, which has become
the society's traditional parade entry, with more members and wives. |
 Some
of the parade participants "hitched" at ride from the trolley
back to the Congress Plaza Hotel, a short distance from the parade
route. |
