Arrmy concentrations, Fonds No. 2, folder 9, p. 330.

Archival Fonds Nr. 2 Adjutancy - Commander in Chief have been added to the Institute Online Archive (total of 60 files, about 26 thousand pages). The fonds contains documents of the commander-in-chief and the Head of State, dated from November 1918 to December 1922. The fonds has been digitized in the years 2013-2015 by the volunteers and employees of the Institute. The grants to help with digitization were received from: Polish Senate vis the foundation Semper Polonia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Polish Consulate General in New York and The Józef Piłsudski National Heritage Foundation. In 2015 the project is co-sponsored by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs as part of the task “Cooperation with the Polish diaspora 2015”. We thank all the individual donors and the Polish Slavic Federal Credit Union for their contributions.

This year, for the first time in our history, the Pilsudski Institute of America was participating in "GivingTuesday". We would like to thank institutions and individuals for their generous donations to the Institute

On September 27 2015 the Pilsudski Institute was privileged to host the visit  of the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda. The purpose of the visit was to meet members of the Institute’s Board of Directors and to see our collections. The President was shown the paintings and a selection of the most important documents from our archives. Dr Iwona Korga, the managing director, served as a guide, presenting a condensed history of our organization. Dr Magda Kapuścińska, the Institute’s president, welcomed the distinguished guest on behalf of the Board of Directors and introduced other members. Volunteers and friends of the Institute took part in the meeting. Mr. Duda was accompanied by several staff members of his Office, and by ministers Adam Kwiatkowski, Krzysztof Szczerski and Pawel Soloch. Dr Kapuścińska offered him a plaque with the image of Marshal Jozef Pilsudski, while the Institute received a painting of the Belvedere, the presidential palace in Warsaw. We feel greatly honored by this visit. Thank you, Mr. President.

A „Meet and Greet” gathering took place on September 16, 2015 at the Pilsudski Institute, introducing the Institute to the authorities and communities of Brooklyn, and to the American social and educational community. We were honored by the presence of distinguished guests: Deputy Borough President for Brooklyn Diane Reyna, State Representative for Brooklyn Assemblyman Joseph Lentol, Commander of the American Legion Richard Kenny of St Stanislaus Memorial Post # 1771, and Mary Odomirok, representative from the office of Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney. Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams issued a special proclamation, officially welcoming  the Institute to the Borough of Brooklyn and congratulating us on our recent activities.

Also present at the meeting were Alicja Winnicki, Superintendent  district 14, principals from Greenpoint schools PS 34 and PS 110, representatives of local Polish communities, businessmen from Brooklyn and Manhattan, a good friend of the Institute, the Polish Consul General in New York Urszula Gacek, and representatives from the media:  Nowy Dziennik, Radio Rampa, and Greenpoint Gazette.

Guests admired the gallery with Polish paintings, museum materials and historical exhibits. In their speeches they emphasized the uniqueness of the Institute and expressed gratitude that the new headquarters are now located in Greenpoint.