Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski and US Ambassador Georgette Mosbacher unveiled on Wednesday a commemorative plaque in honor of former US President Thomas Woodrow Wilson. The plaque of America’s 28th president was unveiled on Wilson Square in Warsaw’s northern district of Żoliborz.
The U.S. Embassy presented the plaque to the city of Warsaw on January 8, 2018 to honor the centennial of the renowned Fourteen Points foreign policy address that President Wilson delivered to a joint U.S. Congress exactly 100 years earlier.
President Wilson’s Fourteen Points explicitly called – among other things – for Poland to regain its independence after World War I.
"Thanks to President Woodrow Wilson, after 123 years of dreams of sovereignity, Polish independence became reality," said Trzaskowski.
The mayor also stressed that President Wilson had played a huge part in the history of Poland, as well as history of Warsaw. "Every Polish child learns about President Wilson at school. He wasn't just a politician, he was an idealist, an effective reformer; he promoted cooperation with other countries, the multi-lateral approach in international relations," said the Mayor Trzaskowski.
At the unveiling event, Ambassador Mosbacher highlighted America’s long admiration for Poland’s commitment to freedom, from President Wilson to President Trump.
Ambassador Mosbacher attributed today’s strengthening and deepening of U.S.-Polish relations – in economics, security, and people-to-people connections – to the ties forged by "strong American and Polish leaders and the shared democratic values that have sustained our relationship for over a century".
Autor: gf / Źródło: TVN24 News in English, PAP, US Embassy