April / May 2015, Polish American News - Page 8

P.K.M. Polish Folk Dancers, Polish American Festival, Doylestown, PA.

Polish Intercollegiate Club of Philadephia - “P.K.M.” Celebrates Its 100th Anniversary

In early 1915, a group of 12 students met in the Port Richmond section of Philadelphia and founded what became the Polskie Kolko Miedzykolegjalne “ P.K.M.”. The purpose of the new group was to unite college students of Polish descent to support social, intellectual and cultural activities.

OneofthefirsteventssponsoredbyP.K.M.tookplaceinMayof1915, as the group gathered to commemorate Polish Constitution Day marking the anniversary of the enactment of Poland’s May 3, 1791 Constitution, the second oldest written democratic constitution in the world. Since then the organization has helped keep the Heart of Polonia in America Beating Proudly.

P.K.M. Polish Folk Dancers, Polish American Weekend at Penn’s Landing.

P.K.M. Polish Folk Dancers, Polish Harvest Festival.

P.K.M. Polish Folk Dancers, Polish American Weekend at Penn’s Landing.

P.K.M. Polish Folk Dancers.

P.K.M. Polish Folk Dancers, Polish Constitution Day.

P.K.M. Polish Folk Dancers, Polish American Heritage Month celebration.P.K.M. Polish Folk Dancers, May 3rd celebtation, Shrine of Czestochowa.