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From the poem “Shikago” (שיקאַגאָ) by the poet Ben-Sholem (בן־שלום). 

A special thanks to Professor Kenneth Moss of the University of Chicago for his guidance and assistance in connecting us with Dr. Karen Underhill. 

שיקאַגאָ...
ציט זיך אויף

ברייטקײַטן פֿאַנאַנדער
און טראָגט זיך װי 

געפֿליגלט
אַלץ העכער...

The excerpt is from the text signed by A. Noveckis, the president of Chicago Lithuanian Society of St. John the Baptist.

Kur vienybė, ten jėga, dirbkime, ir pasieksime savo tikslus!

olive drab

Se perdiamo le nostre radici, a che serve una città?

It is the title of a song that Belgian-American emigrants used to sing when they returned from the Midwest to Belgium for a family visit.

Wie gaat er mee naar Amerika? Qui vient avec moi en Amérique?’

St. Urszula Ledóchowska [quote, variation from national anthem].

Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła, dopóki kochamy