Poland Display
Displayed September 3-October 26, 2004
Both display cases with guest book on podium and map & country facts above.
The west case: Our Lady of Czestochowa (the "Black Madonna"), Pope John Paul II, a photo of Lech Walesa's visit to the college in 2001, crystal, amber jewelry, carved wooden objects, paper cut-out designs, Chopin's music, and a little girl's Polish dance outfit.
The east case: the Polish eagle and flag, scenes from the city of Krakow, scenes from the capitol city Warsaw, wood carvings from the mountain region, books, souvenirs from the Wieliczka salt mine, and a plate commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first permanent Polish settlement in the USA.
Mementos of Warsaw; the city was entirely rebuilt following the devastation of World War II.