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Coming Together

Polish Chicago: Immigrant Group to Middle Class
2019-03-04 19:00:00 2019-03-04 20:30:00 America/Chicago Coming Together Niles-Maine District Library - Commons Meeting Room A&B

Monday, March 04
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2019-03-04 19:00:00 2019-03-04 20:30:00 America/Chicago Coming Together Niles-Maine District Library - Commons Meeting Room A&B

Niles-Maine District Library

Commons Meeting Room A&B

Author Dominic Pacyga presents a slide lecture on the four major waves of Polish immigration that have transformed the city and its suburbs over the last 150 years.

Presented by Dominic Pacyga, acclaimed local history author and Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia College.

This program is presented in part of the Coming Together in Skokie and Niles Township cultural initiative.

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