joepilsudski
24 Jul 2007
USA, Canada / Americans who call themselves Polish - how do you feel about that? [112]
Most Americans of Polish descent consider themselves Polish-Americans...the loyalty is
first to America, but they try to keep in touch with their Polish roots...and there is some-
thing of a revival of awareness of these Polish roots here, because we are getting an
influx of young Poles here, many very intelligent & educated, who are stimulating an
interest in these things...my mother, who was always very involved in Polish organizations of various kinds, tried to interest me in this when I was young, but it was
the 1960's & there were a lot of other things going on i.e. the 'counter-culture'...as I
matured, I started to get more interested in where my family came from.
Most Americans of Polish descent consider themselves Polish-Americans...the loyalty is
first to America, but they try to keep in touch with their Polish roots...and there is some-
thing of a revival of awareness of these Polish roots here, because we are getting an
influx of young Poles here, many very intelligent & educated, who are stimulating an
interest in these things...my mother, who was always very involved in Polish organizations of various kinds, tried to interest me in this when I was young, but it was
the 1960's & there were a lot of other things going on i.e. the 'counter-culture'...as I
matured, I started to get more interested in where my family came from.