FROM Putyatyntsi, Ukraine To ROCHESTER, New YORK

Discover the untold story of Ukrainian immigrants from Putyatyntsi who escaped hardship to establish deep, lasting roots in the heart of Rochester, New York.

Rochester Putyatyntsi Committee (1962)

Village of Putyatyntsi Committee in Rochester, New York, 1962, with Wasyl Ewanciw seated in the middle of the first row and Walter Sweryda standing at far right

Seated in the first row middle is Wasyl Ewanciw. Standing on the far right is Walter Sweryda.

The Sweryda name also appears among the Putiatynce schoolchildren who signed a 1926 greeting to the United States: Greetings of Friendship from the Putiatynce School to the United States, 1926.

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