George W. Bush has puncture the image of essential American goodness that has always been the United States' key selling point.

George W. Bush has puncture the image of essential American goodness that has always been the United States' key selling point.
Western visitors here have often been surprised by Poland's avid pro-Americanism. For some it's a pleasant surprise: They find none of the anti-American stereotypes common elsewhere in Europe.Polish immigrants have been emigrating to the US since they arrived with the Vikings, and Christopher Columbus but significant immigration did not occur until the 1800's. However, the first appearances of Poles in America occurred in 1608. These Poles were hired by the London Company to bring their industrial skills to Jamestown. The Poles created glass house shops, and pitch and potash burners. These products became the first exports of Jamestown. As a result of their success more Poles were invited to Jamestown. They were always cooperative and willing workers. In 1619 more Poles landed at Jamestown with the intent to manufacture pitch, tar and resin for ships. They also helped start the timber industry that was necessary for ship building. The first Legislative Assembly denied the Jamestown Poles the right to vote. As a result the Poles went to strike, refusing to work unless they had the right to vote. On July 21, 1619 the Legislative Assembly granted Poles the right to vote. Thus, the Poles were the first group that fought successfully for civil rights.Polish immigration to America increased in 1776, the year of the American Revolution. The Poles that ventured to America in 1776 were traveling to fight. They supported the idea of self government. Count Kazimiere Pulaski, and Thaddeus Kosciuszko both were generals during the Revolutionary War.Bush has managed to puncture Poles' image of America as essentially good.Poles managed to find something deeply admirable in all American Presidents: They appreciated Carter for his human rights agenda, Reagan for his gut anti-Communism, Bush Senior for overseeing the end of the cold war and Clinton for his commitment to an inclusive globalization.Until now. George W. Bush has managed to do what forty-five years of Communist rule could not: puncture the image of essential American goodness that has always been the United States' key selling point.Polish journalists now ask questions like, "How can we explain America's transformation from a country that introduced international law to one that intervenes militarily wherever it likes?" Or, more plaintively: "Does it really pay to be America's friend?" It is an astonishing turnabout: I have never heard these kinds of criticisms.The Iraq war has been the turning point. Poland was one of America's most zealous supporters, the leader of what Defense Secretary Rumsfeld dubbed the "new Europe." Unlike the situation in other supportive European countries, all major political parties supported the war. People elsewhere argued over whether Iraq really had weapons of mass destruction, but in Poland the calculus was more simple: America requested our help, so we gave it.
Poland has always had great universities, and most Polish students possess a very good analytical and mathematical understanding. This is a great base for companies interested in developing strong business relationships with these new high-tech companies. The above example manifests this Polish opportunity.

Squadron Leader Michal Cwynar: Polish fighter pilot ace

Squadron Leader Michal Cwynar: Polish fighter pilot ace


Squadron Leader Michal Cwynar
Michal Cwynar was the last of the fighter aces from that most welcome group of Polish pilots who reached these shores after the fall of France in June 1940, having fought the Germans during the invasion of his own country in September 1939 and the Italians in the Battle for France. He was to continue to fly as a fighter pilot in the Polish squadrons that served with the RAF for the remainder of the war, becoming an ace, with five combat victories, and also shooting down three V1 flying bombs.

Cwynar was born in 1915 in Orzechowka near what was then Lemberg, a city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. (From 1918 it was Lwow, Poland; from 1945 the Soviet city of Lvov; it is now Lviv, Ukraine.) Following in the footsteps of his older brother Stanislaw he joined the Polish Air Force in 1933 and after training was posted, as an NCO, to the 4th Squadron of the Pursuit Brigade.

The squadron was equipped with the PZL P11c, a high-wing monoplane with an open cockpit and fixed undercarriage. His first flight commander was Wladyslaw Gnys (obituary, March 22, 2000) the pilot who on the morning of September 1 destroyed the first German plane to be brought down in the Second World War.

On the afternoon of September 1 Cwynar’s flight, in its obsolescent but manoeuvrable planes, intercepted some Ju87 Stukas returning from a bombing raid and that afternoon he made his first kill. Frequently changing airstrips, his squadron, though decimated, continued to take a toll of German bombers and fighters until September 17, when the Soviet Army invaded Poland from the east.


Times Archive 1941: The airmen of Poland
General Sikorski said they had served their country gallantly while she was still free, and were serving her equally gallantly today by fighting wing to wing with their Allies of the RAF

That day, the Poles flew their remaining planes to Romania. Cwynar was interned but under the guise of a civilian mechanic managed to escape in a Greek ship sailing from Constanta to Beirut, then under French control. From there he sailed to France where Polish units under General Sikorski — “Sikorski’s Tourists” as Goebbels scathingly called them — were being formed.

Cwynar was assigned to a fighter group at Le Luc in Provence flying Morane-Saulnier 406s. He was pleasantly surprised by the camaraderie he found, all ranks from the CO to sergeant pilots sharing the same table with the best wine in the town’s best restaurant. Later the unit was re-equipped with the Dewoitine D520 and moved to Toulon, from where it undertook sorties against the Regia Aeronautica when Italy entered the war on June 10.

With the French capitulation on June 22, the group was ordered to fly to Algiers, where the Poles noticed a change in attitude by their French brothers-in-arms now under the collaborationist leadership of Pétain. They decided to make their way to Gibraltar and thence to Britain, where Cwynar arrived on July 17, 1940. He was to be one of several hundred Polish Air Force personnel who formed the nucleus of four bomber and ten fighter squadrons.

Instead of being able to participate in the Battle of Britain, Cwynar was posted to a bomber and gunnery school in Dumfries, from where he towed targets over the Solway Firth while his colleagues were in action over the South of England. In Dumfries, however, he met his future wife, Margaret Marchbank.

In April 1941 he at last joined a front-line squadron, No 315 City of Deblin, flying Hurricanes, based at Speke, defending Liverpool. In July the squadron was re-equipped with Spitfires and undertook offensive sweeps over France. On August 14 the three Polish squadrons of the Northolt wing met a large formation of Messerschmitt Me109s near Le Toucquet and in an extended dogfight Cwynar had his second combat victory. On September 16 he shot down another Me109 over Saint-Omer. Later commissioned, in February 1943 he destroyed an Fw190 over Calais.

After a period “resting” as an instructor in April 1944 he rejoined 315 Squadron, now converted to Mustangs, and commanded by the charismatic Eugeniusz Horbaczewski, who by the time he was killed in action on August 18, 1944, had 16½1/2combat victories to his name. On June 8 Cwynar was promoted to flight lieutenant and became second in command of the squadron. On that day, leading four Mustangs on an armed reconnaissance over the Allied landing zone his aircraft was hit by ground fire and lost power but he was able to make a forced landing in a cornfield within the Allied beachhead. As he fled from his Mustang, in case its fuel tank should explode, a British corporal on a motorcycle shouted at him to stop where he was. He had strayed into a minefield from which the soldier guided him to safety.

On his first morning back with the squadron, Horbaczewski ordered him to take a Mustang and fly to Dumfries to reassure his wife, who had been told that he had been reported missing. He returned to the squadron after lunch with his wife, and Horbaczewski, to demonstrate that none of his pilots was being favoured, assigned to Cwynar the leadership of the last sortie over France that evening.

With the V1 attacks on Britain beginning a week after D-Day, the squadron was switched to air defence against this new menace, since the Mustang was one of the few piston-engined aircraft capable of intercepting the pulse-jet powered flying bombs. Cwynar was to destroy three in the next few weeks.

On July 30, 1944, 315 Squadron was given the task of escorting Canadian Beaufighters on a sortie looking for German shipping hugging the Norwegian coast. It was intercepted by Me109s, Cwynar bagging one and sharing a claim for a second. On September 5, 1944, Cwynar had a close shave, as he led his flight over Hanover. He was hit by flak, a shell entering his cockpit and grazing his neck before exiting through the rear of the canopy.

On September 8, 1944, Cwynar was awarded the DFC. After a further period resting he was promoted to squadron leader and on July 3, 1945, was given command of 316 City of Warsaw Squadron, leaving his beloved 315 as the longest-serving pilot in it. His brother Stanislaw commanded a Polish bomber Squadron, No 300, ending the war as a group captain and station commander of the Faldingworth Polish bomber base in Lincolnshire.

After the war and the disbandment of the Polish forces who had fought with the Allies, Cwynar, like most of his comrades, chose a life in exile rather than returning to a now Soviet-dominated Poland. He moved to his wife’s home town, Dumfries, where he set up a business as a coach trimmer and upholsterer. She died in 1965 and he later married Mabel Shankland. She, too, predeceased him. There were no children of either marriage.

During the war Cwynar had been notable for entertaining his squadron on the guitar, and one of his first big expenses in civilian life was the purchase of a German Hoffner guitar for the great sum then of £300. In Scotland he played in a jazz trio. His other love was his garden in which he strove to re-create the habitat of his native Carpathian foothills, and with his wife awaited the return of migrant birds.

In addition to his DFC he was decorated with the French Croix de Guerre, the Virtuti Militari V Class and the Polish Cross of Valour four times.

Squadron Leader Michal Cwynar, DFC, Croix de Guerre, Virtuti Militari, wartime Polish fighter ace, was born on November 14, 1915. He died on May 26, 2008, aged 92

65. rocznica aresztowania gen. Stefana Roweckiego "Grota". 60. rocznica aresztowania Majora Zygmunta Szendzielarza "Łupaszki"

65. rocznica aresztowania gen. Stefana Roweckiego "Grota". 60. rocznica aresztowania Majora Zygmunta Szendzielarza "Łupaszki"
Piotr Szubarczyk - IPN, Gdańsk (2008-06-28)
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF POLAND
Copyright 1994 - AngloPol Corporation -- Distributed by the Polonia Media Network
Part 12
World War II


The German onslaught on Poland on September 1, 1939, started the Second World War. On September 3, Britain and France declared war on Germany. On September 17, the Soviet Union invaded Poland.
Confronted with the enormous military might of the enemies and having no assistance from France and Britain, which were unprepared for war, Poland was forced to suffer a military defeat. The struggle ended at the beginning of October. Under the German-Soviet Treaty of September 28, 1939, dividing Poland into two partition areas, the Rivers Pisa, Narew and Bug became the borderline between the occupying powers.

Poland was under occupation by two cruel and totalitarian states. The Soviet Union snatched 50% of Poland's territory, inhabited by 14.3 million people, including 6.5 million Poles. During eighteen months of occupation the most active individuals from all walks and domains of life were murdered. Hundreds of thousands of people were arrested and sent to Soviet concentration camps. Together with members of their families, upwards of 1.5 million Poles were imprisoned in the Gulag system. Most of them died of exhaustion and famine. In the spring of 1940, 15.000 Polish officers, who had been taken prisoners of war, were murdered at Katyn, Kharkov and Miednoie. Among them were commissioned officers and doctors, scientists, lawyers, engineers, chaplains and teachers called up for service at the outbreak of war.

The fate of Polish citizens under the German occupation was no less horrible. The aim of the Germans was to turn Poles into unskilled laborers. High schools and universities were closed. The treasures of Polish culture were plundered and taken away to Germany. Mass arrests and executions went on unabated throughout the occupation period. Roundups were organized in towns and hostages from among the innocent population were taken. A network of concentration camps in which slave labor force was inhumanely exploited was established. Hundreds of thousands of people were murdered there or died of hunger, disease or exhaustion. Some three million Polish Jews perished in the gas chambers of Auschwitz, Majdanek and Treblinka death camps. Poles and citizens of other countries occupied by the Nazis also died there.


The defeat suffered in September 1939 did not stop the Polish resistance. A Polish Government-in-Exile was formed. It was recognized by the states of the anti-Nazi coalition. Wladyslaw Sikorski became the Prime Minister. The exile government first operated in Paris, France, but after the inevitable fall of that nation to the Germans, the Government-in-Exile moved to the United Kingdom, where it continued to exist throughout the war and until the fall of communism in Poland.

Thousands of Polish soldiers escaped to the United Kingdom, where they joined the Allied Forces in the ongoing struggle against the Axis Powers.

The Home Army [Armia Krajowa] was formed in Poland. Operating underground, it used the weapons of subversion, intelligence and propaganda, preparing for an uprising. At its peak the Home Army numbered some 250,000 soldiers. General Stefan Rowecki-Grot was the commander-in-chief of the Home Army until the time of his arrest on June 30, 1943. He was replaced by General Tadeusz Komorowski-Bor.

In December 1940, the Government Delegation in the Homeland, led by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Government-in-Exile, was set up to operate clandestinely. Despite terror and arrests, the Polish underground state functioned throughout the whole period of the occupation. It was preparing for assuming power after the liberation.

As high schools and universities were closed, it was necessary to develop clandestine forms of schooling. There were also hundreds. of underground newspapers and printing houses. As early as 1940 the Government-in-Exile established the Polish Armed Forces in the West. Polish fighter pilots made a great contribution to the victory in the Battle of Britain.

After the German attack on the Soviet Union (June 1941) and following a Polish-Soviet agreement, General Wladyslaw Anders formed a Polish Army in the USSR. In the spring and summer of 1942, with Stalin's grudging permission, that army was evacuated to Iran. During the liberation of Italy, Anders' army won fame for storming the Monte Casino Monastery (May 1944).

Upon the counter-offensive by the Red Army, the Soviet attitude toward Poland was altered. However, when in April 1943 the Germans found the graves of Polish officers at Katyn and the Polish Government-in-Exile asked the International Red Cross to look into the case, the USSR severed diplomatic relations with the Polish government. Polish communists in the Soviet Union set up the Union of Polish Patriots. The formation of a Polish division under the command of General Zygmunt Berling began.

The year 1943 was particularly tragic for the Polish cause. Gen. Sikorski was killed in an air crash and the Commander-in-Chief of the Home Army, Gen. Grot-Rowecki, was arrested in Poland. An uprising broke out in the Warsaw Ghetto, but was crushed by the Nazis despite courageous efforts on the part of the Jews and attempts at assistance by Christian Poles.

In January, 1944, the advancing Soviet troops entered Poland's prewar territory, treating those lands as Soviet property. Military cooperation with local Home Army units lasted until the Germans were defeated. Upon victory, Polish units were taken prisoners, very often by deceit, and transported to the Gulag camps and Siberia. After Soviet troops crossed the Bug River, the USSR set up the Polish National Liberation Committee, entirely dependent on the Soviets.


Polish society remained consistent in supporting the institutions of its underground state, the Warsaw Uprising being the final attempt to win full independence for Poland. The uprising broke out on August l, 1944, and lasted until October 2. The losses of the insurgents amounted to some 17,000 killed and 6,000 wounded, with about 180,000 civilians dead. After the uprising, the entire population, nearly one million people, was expelled from the city. The Germans started destroying what was left of Warsaw.

During the uprising and later, during the destruction of Warsaw, the Red Army took no action. Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, leading the government in exile, had made attempts at reaching an agreement with the Soviet government. In the way, however, stood Moscow's demands to recognize the Curzon Line as a frontier and the Polish National Liberation Committee was transformed into a Provisional Government of the Polish Republic, recognized by the Soviet Union.

In January 1945, Soviet troops crossed the Vistula and took shattered Warsaw. In March 1945, the Soviet authorities proposed talks with the leadership of the Polish underground. When the talks became reality, sixteen Polish leaders, including the Commander-in-Chief of the Home Army, General Leopold Okulicki, and the Delegate for the Homeland, Jan Jankowski, were treacherously imprisoned.

Poland's destiny was resolved by the three major powers without the participation of the Poles at the Yalta Conference, held February 4-11, 1945. It was decided there to establish a Provisional Government of National Unity, made up of members of the pro-Soviet government and émigré politicians. That government was to hold free elections. Stanislaw Mikolajczyk made a compromise and entered the Government of National Unity as a Deputy Prime Minister. The Government-in- Exile, led by Prime Minister Tomasz Arciszewski, opposed the dictate. In response, Britain and the United States withdrew their support and diplomatic recognition. Yet that government continued, persisting as the symbol of the struggle for sovereignty.

When the German Reich fell on May 8 or 9, 1945, and the most bloody of wars was thus ending, Poland was theoretically in the group of the victorious allies. Polish soldiers had been fighting the Germans from the first to the last day of the war. Among all nations, however, Poland lost the highest percentage of her citizens, who fell in the struggle or were murdered as a result of the occupiers' policy of terror--a total of 6.5 million people, including almost all the Jewish Poles. The capital city was annihilated, material and cultural losses were tremendous. In addition, Poland emerged from the war with a government imposed from the outside and composed of people whom the nation did not trust. They were planning to introduce changes by force--changes the Polish people did not want.


Stefan Rowecki in early thirties (here as colonel) Scouting Portal

[edit] Biography
Rowecki was born in Piotrków Trybunalski. In his home town he was one of the organizers of a secret scouting organization. During World War I he was conscripted into the Austro-Hungarian army and later in to the First Brigade of the Polish Legion. He was interned in August 1917 after the majority of his unit had refused to pledge loyalty to the Emperor of Austria. In February 1918 he was released from the internment camp in Beniaminów and joined the Polnische Wehrmacht, and after the establishment of the newly independent Poland, he joined the Polish Army.

Rowecki fought in the Polish-Soviet war (1919-1920). After the war, he remained in the army and organized the first military weekly periodical (Przegląd Wojskowy). From 1930 to 1935, he commanded the 55th Infantry Regiment in Leszno. From June 1939, Rowecki organised the Warsaw Armoured Motorized Brigade (Warszawska Brygada Pancerno-Motorowa, 7TP, TKS tanks). While the unit did not reach full mobilization, it did take part in the September Campaign.

After the Polish defeat, Rowecki managed to avoid capture and returned to Warsaw. In October 1939, he became one of the leaders, then in 1940 commander, of the Związek Walki Zbrojnej. From 1942, he was commander of the Armia Krajowa (Home Army).

In 1941 Rowecki organised sabotage in the territories east of the pre-war Polish borders Wachlarz. On June 30, 1943 he was arrested by Gestapo in Warsaw and sent to Berlin, where he was questioned by many prominent Nazi officials (including Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Heinrich Himmler and Heinrich Müller). He was offered an anti-bolshevik alliance, but refused. He was probably executed in August 1944 in Sachsenhausen.[1][2][3]

Rowecki was arrested due to his betrayal by Lieutenant Ludwik Kalkstein ("Hanka"), Major Eugeniusz Swierczewski (“Genes”), and Blanka Kaczorowska (“Sroka”). All of them were members of the Home Army but collaborators with the Gestapo. Swierczewski, Kalkstein, and Kaczorowska were sentenced to death for high treason by the Secret War Tribunal of the Polish Secret State. The sentence on Eugeniusz Swierczewski was carried out by troops commanded by Stefan Rys (“Jozef”). They hanged Swierczewski in the basement of the house on Krochmalna 74 street in Warsaw. Kalkstein received protection from the Gestapo and was not harmed. He fought in a Waffen SS unit during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 under the name of Konrad Stark. After the war, he worked for the Polish Radio station in Szczecin and was later recruited as an agent by the Urzad Bezpieczenstwa. In 1982, he emigrated to France. Blanka Kaczorowska also survived the war. Her death sentence was not carried out because she was pregnant. After the war, she also worked as a secret agent for the Urzad Bezpieczenstwa and later for the renamed Sluzba Bezpieczenstwa. She emigrated to France in 1971.

There have been claims that the arrest of Rowecki on Jun 30, 1943 was a result of a wider intelligence operation against the Polish Underground State with the goal of eliminating top commanders and political leaders of the Polish resistance. During the same period, the Gestapo arrested the commander of NSZ (Narodowe Siły Zbrojne), Colonel Ignacy Oziewicz who was arrested on Jun 9, 1943. On July 4, 1943, General Władysław Sikorski died in a plane crash under mysterious circumstances. Within a period of two months, the Polish Army had lost three top commanders.

Piotr Rubik - The Right to Love from Poland

Piotr Rubik - The Right to Love from Poland


Hee needs to Play
in The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20566

Polska wobec wyzwań współczesności: prof. dr hab Jerzy Robert Nowak Prof. Wolniewicz

Polska wobec wyzwań współczesności: prof. dr hab Jerzy Robert Nowak Prof. Wolniewicz

Polska wobec wyzwań współczesności: prof. dr hab Jerzy Robert Nowak
(2008-06-15)
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Polska wobec wyzwań współczesności: prof.dr hab. Bogusław Wolniewicz (czyt. dr Kawęcki)
(2008-06-15)
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Polska wobec wyzwań współczesności: prof.dr hab. Andrzej Nowak
(2008-06-15)
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Polska wobec wyzwań współczesności: prof. dr hab. Rafał Broda
(2008-06-15)
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Annual Election Meeting of Polish American Congress Washington Dc Area Division w Niedziele 8 Czerwca

w Niedziele 8 Czerwca
o godzinie 2:00 pm
w Leland Community Center
4301 Willow Ln,
Chevy Chase, MD
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Dear Members, please support us,



Lech Alex Bajan was a leader of Youth Movement in Lublin Region in Poland in the years 1985-1986. In 1985 he openly resisted the Communist Doctrine during the International Youth Forum in Gdansk-Sobieszewo. He is a brother to Marek Bajan, a participant in the Moscow Olympic Games, the three-time Champion of Poland in Modern Pentathlon. Lech Alex Bajan established a scheme for training young people from rural areas in Poland in the subject of modern agriculture in the USA. He lives in the USA since 1987. After years of work in technology sector for Cobalt Networks, Sun Microsystems, Minerva Network Systems and AWWM he has set up new-tech company RAQport (http://raqport.com). Age: 42.


Tel: 703-528-0114, e-mail: lech.bajan@raqport.com





Slawomir Korzan has been a member of the PAC for about 2 years. He was brought into Congress by John Armstrong. Together with John Armstrong and Roman Korzan, he is working on refreshing the Congress. He came to the US in 1986. He runs his own building maintenance business. Himself, his wife and their 3 children Sophie, Max and John belong to our Polish Parish in Silver Spring. He is energetic, open minded, and full of fresh ideas. This year he brought 35 new members to the PAC Washington Division. He loves Poland and the United States. He thinks that the American Polonia needs real representation and the PAC has the best potential for doing that job. Although gigantic work needs to be done, not only in our Division, but in the entire Congress, he believes that together we can move mountains. He believes that the experience and expertise of older members mixed with younger members energy and know-how will produce great results. Slawek’s interests: sailing, playing music, arts, history. Age: 44.

Please, call him with any questions at 301-946-8595, e-mail: andrewkorzan@hotmail.com





Jacek Marczynski has been a member of Polish American Congress for about 15 years, He is an American citizen since 1995. His profession is an Information Technology Engineering. He is a well experienced programmer in several computer languages. During communist times in Poland he has been investigated by communist police. He is in possession of the certificate as being harmed by the totalitarian government from the Institute of National Memory (Instytut Pamieci Narodowej). He brought some books and newspapers, which have been forbidden to circulate in communist Poland. The authorities found these books and started the investigation. He was also refused an exit visa from Poland in 1981. Beside his professional qualifications, he has extensive knowledge of world politics and history and is fluent in Polish, English and Russian. He also speaks German, French and some Spanish. Democracy, human rights and freedom are very important to him. He has excellent communication and organizational skills. Age:50

Tel: 703-698-6215, e-mail: jmarczyn@yahoo.com





Malgorzata Rogoyska is a long time contractor for US Department of Justice, currently Lead Information Specialist in the grants field and also has several years experience in telecommunication business. She is a very reliable, friendly and honest person. She has been in Washington Metropolitan Area for 15 years. She is interested in Polish-American relations. She has high level of organizational and diplomatic skills. She is running for office in our division of the Polish American Congress to support its mission and goals and help to strengthen its role in USA and Poland. She believes in team work and integrity and striving for excellence and success.

Tel: 703-289-4959, e-mail: mrogoyski@yahoo.com





P.S. We are going to have childcare at Leland Center, so that members who have children will be able to participate in the meeting. Please come and support us. Together, we can have an impact and truly change things for the better.



Annual Election of the Polish American Congress Washington DC Area Division at:



Leland Community Center

4301 Willow Lane, Chevy Chase, MD

Sunday, June 8th, 2008 2:00 pm



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From Virginia:

From beltway, at exit 34, take ramp (RIGHT) Wisconsin Ave. (South).

Go through intersection of East-West Hwy (Route 410).

Turn LEFT (East) onto Willow Lane

Arrive LELAND COMMUNITY CENTER (4301 Willow Lane)



From East on beltway – 495

At exit 33, turn RIGHT onto Ramp

Turn LEFT (South) onto Connecticut Ave (Rte 185) 1.4 mi

Go through intersection with East-West Hwy (Route 410).

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Turn RIGHT (North) onto 44th St. 174 yds

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Jadac z Virginii:

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