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The Polish Heroes War Memorial at Cooper River Park in Pennsauken, N.J. (Park Drive and Route 130) unites three monuments — to Casimir Pulaski (1936, moved here 1984), Thaddeus Kosciusko (1984), and, since 1995, the members of St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church of South Camden who died in World War II.
The Casimir Pulaski Monument was dedicated in Camden, N.J. on October 11, 1936 at Pulaski Park (Benson Street and Haddon Avenue), the former City Hall site. In 1984 it was moved to Cooper River Park in Pennsauken, where it stands as part of the Polish Heroes War Memorial.
St. Joseph's Parish, the Polish Roman Catholic church of Camden's Whitman Park, began in 1891; its Baroque-style church at 10th and Mechanic Streets, designed by George I. Lovatt and consecrated in May 1914, is on the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Sites.
The Polish American Citizens Club (P.A.C.C.), organized in 1914, provided social and educational resources for the Polish-American community centered around St. Joseph's Church in the Whitman Park section of Camden, NJ.
The Camden County Polish American Republican Club was a Polish-American political organization active in Camden in the 1920s and beyond, meeting at Tenth and Liberty Streets, with Vincent Raczykowski serving as president.
A personal memoir by Deborah Large Fox about the childhood hours she spent in her grandfather Watson Burdalski's produce store at 1545 Mount Ephraim Avenue, in Camden's Polish neighborhood — a recollection of the sights, sounds, and smells of the shop and his kitchen.
Richard Brodowicz's personal memoir of growing up in South Camden in the 1960s and 1970s, covering Polish family life, St. Joseph's Church and School, neighborhood games, and childhood memories on Tioga and Mechanic Streets.
An August 2004 Camden Courier-Post feature on the Polish American Club of Camden County, whose members — once centered in Whitman Park — gathered at their annual picnic and recalled the club's Camden heyday while hoping for a new permanent home.
A September 1985 Camden County Record notice of a benefit social for St. Joseph's Church in South Camden, sponsored by the Polish American Congress, South Jersey Division, at the Polish American Citizens' Club.
A November 1978 Camden County Record profile of community news reporter Paul Zachary, honored as Man of the Year by the Polish American Congress at a testimonial dinner at the Polish American Citizens' Club.
A November 1976 Camden County Record report on a contested election for the presidency of the Polish American Citizens' Club — its first in a decade — between Victor Anyzek, Jr., and Leonard Drozd.
A November 1976 Camden County Record notice that tickets remained available for "A Night With Polish Composers," presented by the Polish American Congress, South Jersey Division, at the Haddon Fortnightly in Haddonfield.
A December 1970 Camden County Record note that the Polish American Citizens' Club had sold out its 300-guest New Year's Eve party in the upper-floor ballroom.
A March 1950 Camden Courier-Post report on the dedication banquet, attended by more than 400 members and guests, formally opening the Polish American Citizens Club's new $130,000 hall at Warsaw and Lowell Streets.
A March 1950 Camden Courier-Post notice of the banquet opening the Polish American Citizens Club's new $130,000 community hall at Warsaw and Lowell Streets, with Congressman Wolverton and Monsignor Strenski as speakers.
A June 1939 Camden Courier-Post report on the Municipal Alcohol Beverage Control Board's ruling that even giving away liquor on Sunday breaks the law, in a hearing that reviewed several licensees including the Polish-American Citizens Club.
A June 1939 Camden Courier-Post account of Kobus Twilight League baseball, in which St. Joseph's Polish routed the Polish American Citizens Club, 13 to 1, at Broadway and Everett Street, and Campbell's Soup beat the Twelfth Ward.
A February 1938 Camden Courier-Post notice of the Polish American Citizens Club resuming its amateur boxing shows with nine bouts at the Bonsall School auditorium.
A February 1938 Camden Courier-Post notice of a balloon and confetti dance held by the St. Joseph's Polish Athletic Association in the newly renovated parish hall at Tenth and Liberty Streets.
A February 1938 Camden Courier-Post notice that the Polish-American Citizens Club's amateur boxing shows at Bonsall School had been postponed to February 23.
A February 1938 Camden Courier-Post account of the first annual Sports Dinner of the St. Joseph's Polish Athletic Association, with Villanova's “Clipper” Smith and several All-American footballers as guests.
A February 1938 Camden Courier-Post notice of the annual Sports Dinner of the St. Joseph's Polish Athletic Association in Whitman Park, featuring Villanova coach Maurice “Clipper” Smith.
A January 1938 Camden Courier-Post report on the South Camden Civic Association — a predominantly Polish-American group in Whitman Park — backing the Workers' Alliance relief bill.
A January 1938 Camden Courier-Post report on the opening of the Whitman Park Basketball League, sponsored by the Polish-American Citizens' Club and playing at Bonsall School.
A January 1938 Camden Courier-Post notice of an amateur boxing show sponsored by the Polish-American Citizens Club at the Bonsall School auditorium, with thirteen bouts arranged.
An October 1936 Camden Courier-Post account of a Fire Prevention Week innovation broadcast in Polish over a police car microphone at the Polish-American Citizens Club in South Camden.
A February 1936 Camden Courier-Post report of a meeting of united Polish organizations at the Polish-American Citizens Club advocating a curfew law and a commission to study juvenile delinquency.
An August 1933 Camden Courier-Post report of the Polish-American Citizens Club taking fourth place in the Rhone Twilight League by beating Fairview.
An August 1933 Camden Courier-Post account of Rhone Twilight League baseball, in which Walt Whitman beat the Polish A.C.C. 9-4; the P.A.C.C. first baseman was Camden police officer Leon Puszczykowski.
A February 1933 Camden Courier-Post report of the Polish American Citizens Club's billiard team taking undisputed third place in the South Jersey Pocket Billiard League after beating Westville.
A June 1932 Camden Courier-Post schedule note for the Reesman Twilight League, with the Polish-American Citizens Club still leading the American League.
A June 1932 Camden Courier-Post report placing the Polish-American Citizens Club atop the American League of the Reesman Twilight League after a win over the Second Ward.
A June 1932 Camden Courier-Post report of the Polish American Citizens Club defeating Sylvan to move into a first-place tie in the Camden Amateur League.
An October 23, 1931 Camden Courier-Post political column noting, among other items, that the Polish-American Women's Citizens Club had endorsed David Baird for governor — the first endorsement in the club's six-year history.
An October 1931 notice calling managers of the Camden Amateur League to meet at the Polish American Citizens' Club to plan the coming basketball season.
A January 1928 Camden Courier-Post photograph of the building committee of the Polish American Citizens Club, which had just completed the purchase of its clubhouse at 1559 Mount Ephraim Avenue for a reported $18,000.
At the January 1928 installation of officers, the Polish Citizens Club took steps to change its name to the Polish American Citizens Club, with Stanley Ciechanowski installed as president.
A May 1911 Philadelphia Inquirer item reporting the arrest of Alexander Jasienski, a leader among Camden's Polish residents, over a St. Joseph's Society celebration of the anniversary of Poland's constitution held at his Kaighn Avenue hall.