On February 22. 1994. the Ukrainian National Association [UNA]. a fraternal insurance organization which was founded in Shamokin. PA. will mark its 100th anniversary. Its creation was sparked by the founding In 1893 of Svoboda. the first Ukrainian newspaper printed in the United States. Svoboda began publishing on September 15. 1893. and is now the oldest Ukrainian newspaper In the world. Svobodas founder and editor. Rev. Gregory Hrushka. had clearly seen the need for a financial organization in the growing Ukrainian Immigrant community. and it was his visionary leadership which made this idea a reality. Upon the establishment of the Ukrainian National Association. Svoboda became its official organ.
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