ABC7 broadcasts Polish Constitution Day Parade

May 1, 2014 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- The Polish Constitution Day Parade airs Saturday, May 3, 2014 at 11:30 pm only on ABC7 Chicago.

Join ABC 7 Eyewitness News Anchor/Reporter Alan Krashesky as he once again

serves as host of "The Polish Constitution Day Parade" broadcast which airs

Saturday, May 3, 11:30 PM-12:30 AM on ABC 7 Chicago. Anna Sobor, Vice Chairman,

Polish Constitution Day Parade Committee, will join Krashesky in the broadcast

booth to capture all the pageantry of the event. (The parade takes place on

Saturday, May 3 at 11:30 am.) ABC 7 Chicago is the only local television station

to broadcast this year's parade.

The theme for the 123rd Annual Polish Constitution Day Parade is "Saint John

Paul II: Poland's Gift to the World." The theme honors the Pope's canonization

to sainthood on April 27, 2014 at the Vatican in Rome, Italy. Prior to the

parade, Alan Krashesky will be live, in Rome for ABC 7 Eyewitness News coverage

of the canonization mass at St. Peter's Square.

ABC 7 Eyewitness News team members Judy Hsu, Jason Knowles, Diane Pathieu and

Phil Schwarz are scheduled to participate in the festivities and will ride along

the parade route on Columbus Drive, from Balboa to Monroe, atop the ABC 7

Chicago Float.

The Grand Marshal for the 2014 parade is Edward Mika, former president of the

Alliance of Polish Clubs and longtime community activist. Mika spearheaded the

renewal of the parade and was chairman for ten years. Serving as Vice Marshals

for this year's parade are Dorota Malachowska, President, Board of Directors,

Gift from the Heart Foundation, funding surgery for children with disabilities;

and Anna Sokolowska, Vice President, Polish Roman Catholic Union and longtime

volunteer in the Polish community.

Paulina Soltys,19, is the Queen of the Polish Constitution Day Parade. Anna

is a student at DePaul University in Chicago and a member of the Polish

Highlanders folkloric dance group "Siumni" based on Chicago's southwest side.

The Polish Constitution Day Parade is the largest Polish parade outside of

Poland and celebrates the anniversary of the ratification of the Polish

Constitution on May 3, 1791. For 123 years, Polonia's various community

organizations have come together to organize this traditional Chicago salute to

pride and tradition. An estimated 100 units will be participating in the 2014

parade.