Lech Walesa receives bust of Lincoln, New York City

Leaders of the United Federation of Teachers join Governor Mario Cuomo to present a bust of Abraham Lincoln to Polish Solidarity leader Lech Walesa. The presentation was a follow-up to a visit by Polish school teachers earlier in the year, when Governor Cuomo had promised to make Lincoln’s writings on democracy available in Polish.

Image by union photographer Dan Miller from the New York City Central Labor Council Collection.

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