Short press release related to the unveiling of a memorial plaque in honour of 200 Poles who came from the USA to help the people of Canada during the Canadian Revolution in 1887-88 (Source: "Dziennik Polski", Czeski Cieszyn 1938, R: 5, no. 165, p. 4, after: Silesian Digital Library).

A modernised reading of the text

Monument in honour of the Poles.

The Consul General of the R. P. in Ottawa, Mr. Jan Pawlica, unveiled, in the presence of Canadian Prime Minister MacKenzie King, a plaque to honour the 200 Poles who, during the Canadian Revolution of 1837-38, came from the United States to the aid of the Canadians and, in the village of Windmill, where the plaque is now unveiled, took part in a battle that lasted several days (November 12-16, 1838). Polish, Canadian and US army veterans assisted at the unveiling of the plaque, which is the second memorial to the Poles in Canada.