National Garden of American Heroes

On July 3rd, President Donald Trump issued “Executive Order on Building and Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes“. It includes an initiative to create the National Garden of American Heroes. The Garden will commemorate exceptional figures representing various dimensions of American life and history.  A special Task Force has been created to plan and carry out this mission, chaired by the Secretary of the Interior, Mr. David L. Bernhardt.  Mr. Charles Laudner has been appointed the Executive Director of the Task Force.

The public may send their suggestions of who should be included via email to americanheroesinfo@ios.doi.gov.

For us, Polish Americans, this may be a unique opportunity to bring to the public attention the works and achievements of our greatest compatriots of Polish origin who contributed most for America.

Coalition of Polish Americans is convinced that one of the defining elements of American history has been opposition to totalitarian regimes and the pursuit of freedom for all, and therefore heroes of the struggle against Soviet Communism deserve a prominent place in this American Pantheon.  We decided to suggest and support Gen. Ryszard Kukliński.  The letter of recommendation that we sent to Director Laudner can be found here.