100th Anniversary of the Pittsburgh Agreement

100th Anniversary of the Pittsburgh Agreement.

The main event will be a reception held at the Heinz Regional History Center in Pittsburgh, PA on May 31, 2018 (the actual anniversary of the event). 

Time:  6:00 p.m.

This event is open to the public.  Admission is $35.  Payment by check only by May 15, 2018.  Checks should be made payable to WPSA and mailed (before May 15) to:

                                Western Pennsylvania Slovak Cultural Association

                                Manor Oak Two, Suite 500

                                1910 Cochran Road,

                                Pittsburgh, PA 15220

May, 31, 1918, the Pittsburgh Agreement was signed in the Loyal Order of Moose headquarters building in Pittsburgh, PA. The agreement presented for the first time in a public declaration the intention of Slovaks and Czechs to establish one common state. This agreement was the expression of a desire by American Slovaks for their people in Slovakia to have the same type of freedom and opportunity they enjoyed in the United States. Based on this premise, the Rusyn people also asked to join and be part of the newly-created state.