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Katyń REMEMBERED

JEZELI ŹAPOMNĘ O NICH TY BÓZE W NIEBIE ZAPOMNIJ O MINE.

SHOULD I FORGET THEM, MAY GOD IN HEAVEN FORGET ME.

ADAM MICKIEWICZ

“This is Our Sacred Mission”

National Katyn Memorial Foundation

http://www.katynbaltimore.com/

NatioNal KatyN MeMorial FouNdatioNOfficers, DirectOrs & cOmmittee PersOns - 2015

Seated (left to right): Maria Dziwak, June Johns Victoria Leshinskie, Jeannette Krol, Patricia Skurzynski.

Standing (left to right): Dariusz Bogacki, Steve Wojciechowski, Thomas Rybczynski, Jim Mislak, Stanley Dziwak, Thomas Johns, Richard Poremski (Chairman) Adam Mazurek, William Krol, Frank Lanocha, Frank Sliwka.

Not Pictured: Mark & Tina Rybczynski, Zofi Graczyk, Tom Hollowak, Bryan Johns, Krystyna Osowska, Scott Rykiel, John Szrom, Carla Tomaszewski.

FiFteenth AnnuAl KAtyn RemembRAnceSeventy-FiFth AnniveRSARy oF the KAtyn mASSAcRe

FiFth AnniveRSARy oF the KAtyn-SmolenSK AiRplAne cAtAStRophe

April 19, 2015

Sponsored byThe National Katyn Memorial FoundationThe Embassy of the Republic of Poland

scheDule Of events

10:30 AM: DeDicateD mass at hOly rOsary church 11:30 AM: cOffee & cake recePtiOn in the church unDercrOft

1:00 PM: katyn memOrial site ceremOnies Processional of Color Guards and Military Formation Presentation of National Colors/National Anthems Prayers & Kaddish by attending clergy Speakers – Poland, National, State and Local Officials Laying of Memorial Wreaths Taps by Army Bugler Recessional of Color Guards and Military Formations

2:30 PM: recePtiOn & Dinner - POlish natiOnal alliance, cOuncil 21 Remembrance for the Victims of the Katyn-Smolensk Catastrophe Bestowing of NKMF Honorary Memberships Recognition of Polonia Leaders and other Luminaries Present

Site of Baltimore, maryland’S national Katyn

memorial

Katyn memorial CirCleHarBor eaSt

PreSident Street at aliCeanna Street

“Should I forget them, may God in Heaven

forget me”

Adam Mickiewicz

THE COMMITMENT

Beginning in the 1970s, the effort was made to initiate a program in Baltimore to honor the victims of the Katyn massacre and to remind the citizens of Baltimore and the rest of the United States of Poland’s suffering and loss in World War II. through the years the initial modest memorial plaque envisioned has developed into the magnificent monument we see today. This monument became a reality through the dedicated and persistent efforts of the National Katyn Memorial Committee, the generous donations of many individuals and organizations and the assitance and cooperation of the Mayor of Baltimore, the City Council, and the Maryland State Legislature. The renown Polish sculptor, Andrzej Pitynski, was selected to design and build the 44 foot (13.4 meters) bronze monument which was constructed at a foundry in Poland. This is the largest bronze monument in the United States, and sitting atop its steped-watefall base is reaches over five stories high. The National Katyn Memorial was dedicated on November 19, 2000 in honor of the victims of Katyn and all abused and mistreated prisoners-of-war.

For further information concerning the Memorial, current activities, volunteering to work with us, or making a tax deductible donation to the IRS 501(c) 3 non-profit organization please contact: National Katyn Memorial Foundation P.O. Box 25720 Baltimore, MD U.S.A. 21224-9998

www.KatynBaltimore.com

THE KaTyN FOrEsT MassaCrE

In September of 1939, Nazi Germany and then Soviet Russia invaded Poland. Fierce battles ensued and the Polish armies were forced to surrender. Over 20,000 Polish officers were imprisoned in Soviet camps. They were mainly reserve officers, being teachers, doctors, lawyers, priests and engineers in civilian life. Beginning in March 1940, the men were asked to gather their belongings, as if they were being released. Every day, day after day, 200-300 of them were herded into trains that took them to remote locations, among them the Katyn Forest. There, they were loaded into trucks and taken into the woods. A rope was looped around their necks and tightly linked to their hands tied behind their backs. They were killed by a shot in the back of the head and dumped into mass graves, thus being murdered without honor, like criminals instead of soldiers. These graves were discovered by the Nazis after their invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. Despite overwhelming evidence, the Soviets continued to deny the crime and to blame Germany. The United States and Great Britain, Poland’s allies in World War II largelly ignored this crime against humanity. After the collapse of Communism some 50 years after the event, the Soviet Union admitted guilt. The world finally knew the truth that the Soviet Union had murdered the officers in order to get rid of potential political opposition to their plans to annex parts of Poland and to establish a Communist government in Poland after World War II. The fate of the victims of Katyn is an extreme example of th atrocities committed in time of war including our own experiences in both World Wars, Korea and Vietnam.

“Those Who Perished in Katynare in my Prayers Daily”

Saint Pope John Paul II

PassErby

“When you pass this memorial, stop and briefly reflect on the mass grave of Katyn and other murder sites. Then raise up your head to God, to truth, and to love. Praised be the great City of Baltimore which opened its gates and heart to the tragic legacy of Katyn. It gave a home to this memorial - a visible warning to mankind not to repeat the horrors of the past. But this is also a forward-looking symbol that calls on people to follow a more humane and blessed road through life - a life free of hatred, violence and lies, a road hostile neither to God nor Man.”

Msgr. Zdzisław Peszkowski Chaplain of the Katryn Families

PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF KATYŃby

Msgr. Zdzislaw J. PeszkowskiOur Lady of Sorrows and Victories

You stood under Christ’s cross at Golgotha,You were surely in Katyń Wood as well....

Taking each of them in turn,You bore them directly to Your Son.

He gathered them to HIs pierced Heart.Their mouths were gagged but You heard their mute cry.

Their hands wee tied, like Your Son’s, and you repeated: “Ecce Homo.”

You wrapped their pierced skulls with prayer.You gathered every drop of blood with the most delicate care.

You watched over the souvenirs they had with them,You recongnized the crosses, medallions, photographs,

And theletters-kissed from their loved ones.They wouldn’t part from them.

You saw how they fell into the ground in layers,Like grains of corn for the nation’s bread of strength.

You wrapped them in the silence of the woodAnd to this day it stands speechless.

You watched over everyone who, loving them,Searched for an awaited them.

And could meet them in no other way than before Your Heart.You waited patiently with everyone not permitted

To even ask out loud about Katyń.But what about the men of Ostaszków and Starobielski?

Were You with them to the end?Where di you part from them?In woods, in fields, on the sea?

You know the secret concealded so well before the world.And did You also see the men who pulled the trigger;

Carrying out the barbaric order?Did You see them?

And did You forgive them all?You had to.

For You remembered the words of Your Son:“Father, forgive them, for they know not

What they do.”And help us to forgive. Amen.

Msgr. Zdzisław Peszkowski

MATKA BOLESNA I ZWYCIĘSKA

Ty, która stałaś na Golgocie pod krzyźem Chrystusa,byłaś na pewno i w Lesie Katyńskim...Zbierałaś ich po koleii niołaś prosto do Syna Twojego,A On przygarniał ich do swojego przebitego Serca Zatykano im usta, ale Ty śłyszałaś ich niemy krzyk.Wiążano im rece, jak Synowi Twojemu, a Ty powtarzałaś “Ecce Homo”

Ich przebite czaszki spowijałaś modlitwą,Najdelikatniej zbierałaś każdą kroplę krwi.Strzegłaś pamiątek, które nieśli ze sobą, rozpoznawałaś krzyżyki,Ryngrafy, medaliki, i fotografie, i te listy-pocałunki najbliższych- z którymi się nie rozstawali,Widziałaś jak warstwami padali w ziemię -jak ziarna pszeniczne na chleb mocy dła narodu.Otulałaś ich ciszą lasu, który do dziś stoi oniemiały.Czuwałaś nad tymi, który kochając - szukali ich, oczekiwali.I nie mogli spotkać ich inaczej, jak przy Twoim Sercu.Czekałaś cierpliwie z tymi, którym nie wolno było, nawet pytać głośnoo Katyń.A ci, ż Ostaszkówa i Starobielska?Byłaś z nimi do końca?Gdzie ich żegnałaś,W lasach, na polach, czy na morzu?Ty znasz ich tajemnicę tak ukrywaną przed światem.A czy widziałaś też tych, który strzelali, wykonując barbarzyński nakaz?Czy ich widziałaś?I przebaczyłaś im wszystkim?Nie mogłaś inaczej.Pamiętałaś przecież słowa Twojego Syna: “Ojcze odpuść imbo nie wiedzą, co czynią”.I nam pomóż przebaczyć. Amen.

THE MEMOrIaL

Nature, space, metaphysics and historic symbols are united within the sculpture form of the Katyn Memorial. This monument represents the cruel, devastating episode of the Katyn Massacre in 1940, set against the panorama of Polish history. At the base of the bronze sculture are the figures of three young officers. They stand with their hands bound behind their backs, moments before their deaths. The abstract form of the flame encloses thema s if to carry their souls to heaven where they are awaited by Poland’s heroes of the past. High up near the pinnacle of the flame, is seen Boleslaw Chroby, the first king of Poland. Nearby, resplendent in his winged armor is King Jan III Sobieski, whose hussars crushed the Turk-ish army surrounding Vienna in 1683. Also seen are two heroes of the American Revolution - Kazimierz Pulaski and Tadeusz Kosciuszko. Many four-cor-nered Polish military hats (rogatywka) representing the slain officers, cascade throughout the Memorial. The soaring form of the monument also includes the crowned Polish Eagle with outstretched wings outlined against the panorama of the sky. The National Katyn Memorial in Baltimore will serve as a moral compass for future genera-tions. It will remind all of the the devasting effects of totalitarianism, and point them always in the direction of freedom.

SOME OF THOSE WHO DIED IN KATYŃ FOREST

...Edward Latkowski, Josef Moskal, Stanislaw Mikulski, Waclaw Olszewski, Aleksander Otto, Ludwik Pawlikowski, Stanislaw Porebski, Piotr Spes, Adam Spien, Jan Sroka, Julian Standiewicz, Aleksy Weber, Romuld Wasilewski, Stanislaw Wapinski-Wabia, Tadeusz Skwarczynski, Jan Slomka, Jan Slonski, Jan Skura, Edmund Sobol, Michal Weslowski, Wladyslaw Zdanowicz, Alfons Schmidt, Franciszek Schlesinger, Rudolf Zacher, Zamacki, Friwel Bernstein, Daniel Bozek, Napoleon Brendel, Jozef Ciesla, Stanislaw Ciesielski, Antoni Czaplinski, Stefan Czaplicki, Albert Goldberg, Ludwik Grynkiewicz-Sudnik, Stefan Gutowski, Marian Gorski, Heninger, Jan Hess, Janina Musnicki-Lewandowska, Jerzy Jakubowski, Wiktor Jankowski, Stanislaw Jozwiak, Mieczyslaw Kolczynski, Eugeniusz Kobos, Wladyslaw Kotecki, Jan Kujawa, Jozef Kubiak, Stefan Kuczynski, Jan Kulikowski, Adam Laszewski, Franciszek Cieslak, Marek Grabowski, Wojciech Kuta, Wojciech Krzysik, Roman Majewski, Jan Blazejewski, Stanislaw Jamroz, Adam Jankowski, Dombrowski, Jan Dobrowolski, Jan Duda, Edward Midloch, Piotr Zielinski, Miroslaw Jarocinski, Stanislaw Czekanski, Michal Dalecki, Jerzy Sawiski, Marian Sanok, Tadeusz Prauza, Stanislaw Millak, Tadeusz Misko, Jerzy Kazimierz Kwiecinski, Wilhelm Kiczak, Andrzej Hasiak, Mikolaj Brzezicki, Jerzy Anufrjew, Rudolf Babicz, Franciszek Etrych, Feliks Dzik-Dzikowski, Stanislaw Goettinger, Karl Gitzer, Jozef Lutman, Ryszaard Stefan Wanke, Karol Pawel Teszner, Rotenberg, Mikolaj Rudenko, Albin Jedlinski, Jonasz Graf, Jozef Najinert, Jozef Tyborowski, Henryk Uminski, Rudolf Jan Voelpel, Teodor Bartosiewicz, Jozefat Andrzejewski, Maurycy Henryk Schlaffenberg, Karol Santarius, Jozef Rzepa, Julian Mikula, Gustaw Lachman, Zygmunt Kwiecinski, Stanislaw Lechowicz, Jan Juraszczyk, Filip Kalitka, Boleslaw Brysz, Ryszard Burczyk, Michal Swirski, Jozef Tomaczak, Bronislaw Dynsiewicz, Leon Faferek, Jozef Wetula, Kazimierz Skupp, Jozef Marian Knonpka, Jozef Kopec, Konstanty Chalacinski, Edward Szkwarkowski, Gustaw Szpilewski, Piotr Jurczak, Szczepan Kalota, Nikodem Roszyk, Rojnart, Pawel Mokry, Michal Lis, Piotr Luczka, Jozef Jachym, Franciszek Gawryl, Aleksander Wujcicki, Jan Zackiewicz, Jan Sztencel, Ludwik Pienkowski, Witold Grycewicz, Konstanty Chalacinski, Wladyslaw Ropek, Ignacy Roman Ruszel, Brunon Noch, Stanislaw Obiadowski, Karol Gomula, Stanislaw Feldman, Jan Jerzy Urbanski, Stefan Wacul, Stanislaw Konopka, Leon Hoffman, Roman Jozef Igielski, Waclaw Hudec, Dawid Goldstein, Jozef Burba, Kazimierz Calinski, Tadeusz Szoweryk, Stefan Szletynski, Henry Pisarek, Klemens Ludwik Plachecki, Tadeusz Majchrzak, Ryszard Malinowski, Stanislaw Drouet, Aleksander Jozef Dmytrak, Wlodzimierz Aschenberg, Zygmunt Marian Baranowski, Edward Borys Drapow, Janusz Maria Lewinski, Karol Kurek, Jakub Kahan, Marian Juszczak, Zygmunt Halicz-Fornaski, Franciszek Gurwig, Jan Bernard Handy, Karol Czachor, Roman Mieczyslaw Czerwinski, Michal Antosiak, Zygmunt Bahr, Jozef Alfer, Kazimierz Czech, Bogumil Dryzal, Karol Doczkal, Zbigniew Hordynski, Hohenberger, Ryszard Hoffman, Aleksy Kubasiewicz, Jozef Leon Kukiolka, Czeslaw Jezioro, Leon Grzymalski, Rudolf Halama, Antoni Bukowy, Mieczyslaw Tytus Cabanowski, Wladyslaw Piko, Wladyslaw Precel, Waclaw Michal Przewlocki, Szymon Schimel, Jozef Sagan, Olgierd Wazgird, Edward Michal Nowrat, Jozef Niedzielski, Jozef Neuman, Kazimierz Malka, Franciszek Luksza, Karol Pawel Teszner, Zenon Szczefanowich, Kazimierz Tomaszewski, Leon Edward Rahden, Antoni Rejman, Stefan Peplowski, Pawel Perzak, Wieslaw Piekar, Bogdan Manulak, Eugeniusz Bogdziewicz, Jan Blasiak, Wlodzimierz Chajecki, Boleslaw Deszert, Roman Alojzy Dyba, Henryk Jozef Dryl, Izaak Salomon Guttman, Samuel Kalwary, Bronislaw Maraecki, Henry Julian Spychalski, Jan Stark, Zdislaw Jozef Zaborowski, Maurycy Zwykielski, Zbigniew Wyskiel, Mieczyslaw Roczniak, Jozef Lutman, Tadeusz Zaremba, Leon Purszanowski, Jan Zienkiewicz, Albin Jedlinski, Szczepan Grodecki, Henryk Luzenburg, Mieczyslaw Ochocki, Jozef Odbierzychleb, Nusbaum, Marian Nowak, Tadeusz Franciszek Mocek, Juliusz Srul Lindenszat, Zbigniew Gaudzek, Wladyslaw Jeske, Jan Jaszczura, Jan Marynowski, Franciszek Pisz, Zimon, Kaszimierz Szmyd, Roman Wesoly, Bartlomiej Szczech, Kazimierz Alojzy Boesche, Zygmunt Blumenfeld, Boleslaw Grubi, Eugeniusz Jozef Nagel, Noe Lothe, Jan Kabzinski, Jozef Femebok, Edward Emil Amekker, Jozef Wiercinski...

Msgr. Zdzisław Peszkowski

MATKA BOLESNA I ZWYCIĘSKA

Ty, która stałaś na Golgocie pod krzyźem Chrystusa,byłaś na pewno i w Lesie Katyńskim...Zbierałaś ich po koleii niołaś prosto do Syna Twojego,A On przygarniał ich do swojego przebitego Serca Zatykano im usta, ale Ty śłyszałaś ich niemy krzyk.Wiążano im rece, jak Synowi Twojemu, a Ty powtarzałaś “Ecce Homo”

Ich przebite czaszki spowijałaś modlitwą,Najdelikatniej zbierałaś każdą kroplę krwi.Strzegłaś pamiątek, które nieśli ze sobą, rozpoznawałaś krzyżyki,Ryngrafy, medaliki, i fotografie, i te listy-pocałunki najbliższych- z którymi się nie rozstawali,Widziałaś jak warstwami padali w ziemię -jak ziarna pszeniczne na chleb mocy dła narodu.Otulałaś ich ciszą lasu, który do dziś stoi oniemiały.Czuwałaś nad tymi, który kochając - szukali ich, oczekiwali.I nie mogli spotkać ich inaczej, jak przy Twoim Sercu.Czekałaś cierpliwie z tymi, którym nie wolno było, nawet pytać głośnoo Katyń.A ci, ż Ostaszkówa i Starobielska?Byłaś z nimi do końca?Gdzie ich żegnałaś,W lasach, na polach, czy na morzu?Ty znasz ich tajemnicę tak ukrywaną przed światem.A czy widziałaś też tych, który strzelali, wykonując barbarzyński nakaz?Czy ich widziałaś?I przebaczyłaś im wszystkim?Nie mogłaś inaczej.Pamiętałaś przecież słowa Twojego Syna: “Ojcze odpuść imbo nie wiedzą, co czynią”.I nam pomóż przebaczyć. Amen.

THE MEMOrIaL

Nature, space, metaphysics and historic symbols are united within the sculpture form of the Katyn Memorial. This monument represents the cruel, devastating episode of the Katyn Massacre in 1940, set against the panorama of Polish history. At the base of the bronze sculture are the figures of three young officers. They stand with their hands bound behind their backs, moments before their deaths. The abstract form of the flame encloses thema s if to carry their souls to heaven where they are awaited by Poland’s heroes of the past. High up near the pinnacle of the flame, is seen Boleslaw Chroby, the first king of Poland. Nearby, resplendent in his winged armor is King Jan III Sobieski, whose hussars crushed the Turk-ish army surrounding Vienna in 1683. Also seen are two heroes of the American Revolution - Kazimierz Pulaski and Tadeusz Kosciuszko. Many four-cor-nered Polish military hats (rogatywka) representing the slain officers, cascade throughout the Memorial. The soaring form of the monument also includes the crowned Polish Eagle with outstretched wings outlined against the panorama of the sky. The National Katyn Memorial in Baltimore will serve as a moral compass for future genera-tions. It will remind all of the the devasting effects of totalitarianism, and point them always in the direction of freedom.

PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF KATYŃby

Msgr. Zdzislaw J. PeszkowskiOur Lady of Sorrows and Victories

You stood under Christ’s cross at Golgotha,You were surely in Katyń Wood as well....

Taking each of them in turn,You bore them directly to Your Son.

He gathered them to HIs pierced Heart.Their mouths were gagged but You heard their mute cry.

Their hands wee tied, like Your Son’s, and you repeated: “Ecce Homo.”

You wrapped their pierced skulls with prayer.You gathered every drop of blood with the most delicate care.

You watched over the souvenirs they had with them,You recongnized the crosses, medallions, photographs,

And theletters-kissed from their loved ones.They wouldn’t part from them.

You saw how they fell into the ground in layers,Like grains of corn for the nation’s bread of strength.

You wrapped them in the silence of the woodAnd to this day it stands speechless.

You watched over everyone who, loving them,Searched for an awaited them.

And could meet them in no other way than before Your Heart.You waited patiently with everyone not permitted

To even ask out loud about Katyń.But what about the men of Ostaszków and Starobielski?

Were You with them to the end?Where di you part from them?In woods, in fields, on the sea?

You know the secret concealded so well before the world.And did You also see the men who pulled the trigger;

Carrying out the barbaric order?Did You see them?

And did You forgive them all?You had to.

For You remembered the words of Your Son:“Father, forgive them, for they know not

What they do.”And help us to forgive. Amen.

“Those Who Perished in Katynare in my Prayers Daily”

Saint Pope John Paul II

PassErby

“When you pass this memorial, stop and briefly reflect on the mass grave of Katyn and other murder sites. Then raise up your head to God, to truth, and to love. Praised be the great City of Baltimore which opened its gates and heart to the tragic legacy of Katyn. It gave a home to this memorial - a visible warning to mankind not to repeat the horrors of the past. But this is also a forward-looking symbol that calls on people to follow a more humane and blessed road through life - a life free of hatred, violence and lies, a road hostile neither to God nor Man.”

Msgr. Zdzisław Peszkowski Chaplain of the Katryn Families

THE KaTyN FOrEsT MassaCrE

In September of 1939, Nazi Germany and then Soviet Russia invaded Poland. Fierce battles ensued and the Polish armies were forced to surrender. Over 20,000 Polish officers were imprisoned in Soviet camps. They were mainly reserve officers, being teachers, doctors, lawyers, priests and engineers in civilian life. Beginning in March 1940, the men were asked to gather their belongings, as if they were being released. Every day, day after day, 200-300 of them were herded into trains that took them to remote locations, among them the Katyn Forest. There, they were loaded into trucks and taken into the woods. A rope was looped around their necks and tightly linked to their hands tied behind their backs. They were killed by a shot in the back of the head and dumped into mass graves, thus being murdered without honor, like criminals instead of soldiers. These graves were discovered by the Nazis after their invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. Despite overwhelming evidence, the Soviets continued to deny the crime and to blame Germany. The United States and Great Britain, Poland’s allies in World War II largelly ignored this crime against humanity. After the collapse of Communism some 50 years after the event, the Soviet Union admitted guilt. The world finally knew the truth that the Soviet Union had murdered the officers in order to get rid of potential political opposition to their plans to annex parts of Poland and to establish a Communist government in Poland after World War II. The fate of the victims of Katyn is an extreme example of th atrocities committed in time of war including our own experiences in both World Wars, Korea and Vietnam.

THE COMMITMENT

Beginning in the 1970s, the effort was made to initiate a program in Baltimore to honor the victims of the Katyn massacre and to remind the citizens of Baltimore and the rest of the United States of Poland’s suffering and loss in World War II. through the years the initial modest memorial plaque envisioned has developed into the magnificent monument we see today. This monument became a reality through the dedicated and persistent efforts of the National Katyn Memorial Committee, the generous donations of many individuals and organizations and the assitance and cooperation of the Mayor of Baltimore, the City Council, and the Maryland State Legislature. The renown Polish sculptor, Andrzej Pitynski, was selected to design and build the 44 foot (13.4 meters) bronze monument which was constructed at a foundry in Poland. This is the largest bronze monument in the United States, and sitting atop its steped-watefall base is reaches over five stories high. The National Katyn Memorial was dedicated on November 19, 2000 in honor of the victims of Katyn and all inhumanely treated prisoners-of-war.

For further information concerning the Memorial, current activities, volunteering to work with us, or making a tax deductible donation to the IRS 501(c) 3 non-profit organization please contact:

National Katyn Memorial Foundation P.O. Box 25720 Baltimore, MD U.S.A. 21224-9998

www.KatynBaltimore.com

Site of Baltimore, maryland’S national Katyn

memorial

Katyn memorial CirCleHarBor eaSt

PreSident Street at aliCeanna Street

“Should I forget them, may God in Heaven

forget me”

Adam Mickiewicz

NatioNal KatyN MeMorial FouNdatioNOfficers, DirectOrs & cOmmittee PersOns - 2015

Seated (left to right): Maria Dziwak, June Johns Victoria Leshinskie, Jeannette Krol, Patricia Skurzynski.

Standing (left to right): Dariusz Bogacki, Steve Wojciechowski, Thomas Rybczynski, Jim Mislak, Stanley Dziwak, Thomas Johns, Richard Poremski (Chairman) Adam Mazurek, William Krol, Frank Lanocha, Frank Sliwka.

Not Pictured: Alfreda Jamrosz, Mark & Tina Rybczynski, Zofi Graczyk, Tom Hollowak, Bryan Johns, Krystyna Osowska, Scott Rykiel, John Szrom, Carla Tomaszewski.

FiFteenth AnnuAl KAtyn RemembRAnceSeventy-FiFth AnniveRSARy oF the KAtyn mASSAcRe

FiFth AnniveRSARy oF the KAtyn-SmolenSK AiRplAne cAtAStRophe

April 19, 2015

Sponsored byThe National Katyn Memorial FoundationThe Embassy of the Republic of Poland

scheDule Of events

10:30 AM: DeDicateD mass at hOly rOsary church 11:30 AM: cOffee & cake recePtiOn in the church unDercrOft

1:00 PM: katyn memOrial site ceremOnies Processional of Color Guards and Military Formation Presentation of National Colors/National Anthems Prayers & Kaddish by attending clergy Speakers – Poland, National, State and Local Officials Laying of Memorial Wreaths Taps by Army Bugler Recessional of Color Guards and Military Formations

2:30 PM: recePtiOn & Dinner - POlish natiOnal alliance, cOuncil 21 Remembrance for the Victims of the Katyn-Smolensk Catastrophe Bestowing of NKMF Honorary Memberships Recognition of Polonia Leaders and other Luminaries Present

Katyn Remembrance Ceremony

Katyń REMEMBERED

JEZELI ŹAPOMNĘ O NICH TY BÓZE W NIEBIE ZAPOMNIJ O MINE.

SHOULD I FORGET THEM, MAY GOD IN HEAVEN FORGET ME.

ADAM MICKIEWICZ

“This is Our Sacred Mission”

National Katyn Memorial Foundation

http://www.katynbaltimore.com/

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