author: IRENA FRACZEK

Happy Easter!

Recent activites of our club:

The PHC booth at the International Festival on March 8, 2025.
For the second time in the row, Sue Janczak (first on the right) organizes our display at the festival held annually at the Madison's Overture Center for the Arts.

Allan Patek, the president of the Polish Heritage Club of Madison, gives a brief
history of the Polish pączki tradition on Fat Tuesday, March 4, 2025 .

The PHC members have fun at the Winter Fish Fry Friday on February 28, 2025.
For years now, Jane Dunn (first to the right) always remembers to assemble a group ready to enjoy this beloved Wisconsin tradition several times a year .

 

 On Tuesday, February 11 at 2 pm. the PHC Book Club met to discuss:
The Torpedo Season:
Growing Up During World War II
by Richard C. Lukas

From the Amazon review by Catherine A. Hamilton, author of Victoria's War: "This upbeat WWII memoir has a message for all of us! This enchanting collection of short stories by Dr. Richard Lukas — a renown Polish historian and author of countless nonfiction books about WWII Poland — is the most delightful of memoirs...Set in the Polish immigrant neighborhoods of New England at the onset of WWII, Lukas brings to life the heartwarming tales of a boy who grew up immersed in Polish-American culture...From the bombing of Pearl Harbor to visits from Polish RAF pilots on leave from fighting the Germans from England; from a beach combing trip that unearths an undetonated Torpedo washed up on America’s Eastern shores, to quintessential Polish Christmas Eve celebrations, to parochial school capers, all through the eyes of a child whose curiosity, wonder, and humor resound on every page."