On the morning of Friday, March 8, 2024, the Polish Consul General in Chicago visited the home of local resident Zofia Biernadska. The 102-year-old veteran […]
Giving a living history presentation to Polish school students in Des Plaines
On a Saturday morning, students at General Wladyslaw Anders Polish School in Des Plaines received a special treat. Visiting them was a group of Polish […]
The Last Survivor: meeting Col. Cieszkowski, a Polish WWII veteran of the Battle of France
On a recent education course in Poland, I became friends with a teacher who offered me the opportunity of a lifetime. He asked if I […]
Competing at Thunder on the Tundra 2022, my first ever shooting event!
On the first and second of this month, October 2022, I participated at Thunder on the Tundra- a charity shooting competition. It was a spontaneous […]
Celebrating Polish Armed Forces Day 2022 in Niles
On 14 August 2022, in celebration of Poland’s Armed Forces Day, the Polish Consulate General in Chicago headed a series of ceremonies all across the […]
A serendipitous photo-taking trip to Fort Sheridan on Lake Michigan
After a long week at work, I decided to go up to Fort Sheridan to take some photos on my day off. I set out […]
Published in a German newspaper!
Earlier this month I was surprised by an email from my friend in Germany. He informed me that a piece of my writing was published […]
Throwback Thursday: war reenactment in Yorkville, IL., 2004
Pictured here is myself, aged nine-years-old, at a Second World War reenactment held on 11 September 2004. The event commemorated the sixtieth anniversary of the […]
Tour of Arnhem Battlefield, part I: the town of Driel
This is part one of a three part series on my tour of Arnhem Battlefield in July 2019. Part one is concerned with the village […]