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	In 2007 Grand Chapter of the Order of Saint Joachim named H.E. LCol The Chevalier Timothy Zack KCJ as Commander of the United States. LCol The Chevalier Zack is a career officer with the U.S. Army. He returned to the US in 2006 after a tour of duty in Kuwait to take up his new duties at the Pentagon. He now serves in the Office of the Chief, Army Reserve, as the CA/PSYOP Force Integrator, Army Reserve Force Programs. In Kuwait Major The Chevalier Zack served as Country Coalition Officer, Task Force Gator, 377th Theater Support Command, Multi-National Forces - Iraq. Major Zack assisted over 15,000 Soldiers from 28 Coalition Countries in preparation for, and support of, their Iraq combat mission. During this time he served with distinction, was seriously wounded and received several honours and awards. While in Kuwait, LCol The Chevalier Zack was one of only 12 recipients to ever receive the Polish Army Multi-National Division Award. He also received the Korean Army Multi-National Division Award for his support of Korean operations in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan. Together with the Order’s Grand Military Knight, Colonel the Chevalier Janeczko KJ, and with the assistance of Scotland Yard, LCol the Chevalier Tim Zack KCJ organized the collection and delivery of over ten million dollars worth of charitable goods to Polish Orphanages. Among his many military and civil honours, LCol The Chevalier Zack is also a Knight Commander of the Sovereign Military Knights of Jerusalem. He is married to Christina Zawierucha-Zack, a Fulbright Scholar and English teacher at Orchard Park School High School, as well as an Adjunct Professor at Buffalo State College. The Order of Saint Joachim has an unusual and little-known historical connection with the Unitied States. But for the intervention of Congress in 1784, George Washington might have been created a knight of the Order of Divine Providence (as the Order of Saint Joachim was known prior to 1787). In August 1783 President George Washington received a letter from the Order's Secretary, Major the Chevalier Jean de Heintz from Warsaw which offered to make a number of leading American citizens knights of the Order of the Divine Providence. President Washington forwarded the Order's proposal to Congress, which referred the matter to a committee. On January 5, 1784 the committee which had been established to consider the Order’s approach finally reported to Congress. Its conclusions are recorded in the Congressional record: Resolved, That the late Commander in Chief, be requested to inform the Chevalier Jean de Heintz, Secretary of the Order of Divine providence, that Congress entertain a high sense of the honour done them by that Order, in proposing to them to nominate a number of suitable persons to be created Knights of the Order of Divine Providence: but that Congress cannot, consistently with the principles of the Confederation, accept their obliging proposal. Washington wrote directly to de Heintz to inform him of Congress' decision: It appears to be incompatible with the principles of our national constitution to admit the introduction of any kind of Nobility, Knighthood, or distinctions of a similar nature, amongst the Citizens of our republic, yet I pray you will do me the goodness to make known to the illustrious Knights of the order of Divine providence, that we receive with the deepest gratitude and most perfect respect, this most flattering mark of their attention and approbation. It took 200 years, but the Order of Saint Joachim has finally planted its banner in the New World. For additional information about the U.S. Commandery of The Order of Saint Joachim, including admission inquiries, please contact the Commander. H.E. LCol The Chevalier Zack can be reached by email at: zack@stjoachimorder.org. © 2008 The Order of Saint Joachim

In 2007 Grand Chapter of the Order of Saint Joachim named H.E. LCol The Chevalier Timothy Zack KCJ as Commander of the United States.

LCol The Chevalier Zack is a career officer with the U.S. Army. He returned to the US in 2006 after a tour of duty in Kuwait to take up his new duties at the Pentagon. He now serves in the Office of the Chief, Army Reserve, as the CA/PSYOP Force Integrator, Army Reserve Force Programs. In Kuwait Major The Chevalier Zack served as Country Coalition Officer, Task Force Gator, 377th Theater Support Command, Multi-National Forces - Iraq. Major Zack assisted over 15,000 Soldiers from 28 Coalition Countries in preparation for, and support of, their Iraq combat mission.

During this time he served with distinction, was seriously wounded and received several honours and awards. While in Kuwait, LCol The Chevalier Zack was one of only 12 recipients to ever receive the Polish Army Multi-National Division Award. He also received the Korean Army Multi-National Division Award for his support of Korean operations in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan.

Together with the Order’s Grand Military Knight, Colonel the Chevalier Janeczko KJ, and with the assistance of Scotland Yard, LCol the Chevalier Tim Zack KCJ organized the collection and delivery of over ten million dollars worth of charitable goods to Polish Orphanages.

Among his many military and civil honours, LCol The Chevalier Zack is also a Knight Commander of the Sovereign Military Knights of Jerusalem. He is married to Christina Zawierucha-Zack, a Fulbright Scholar and English teacher at Orchard Park School High School, as well as an Adjunct Professor at Buffalo State College.

The Order of Saint Joachim has an unusual and little-known historical connection with the Unitied States. But for the intervention of Congress in 1784, George Washington might have been created a knight of the Order of Divine Providence (as the Order of Saint Joachim was known prior to 1787). In August 1783 President George Washington received a letter from the Order's Secretary, Major the Chevalier Jean de Heintz from Warsaw which offered to make a number of leading American citizens knights of the Order of the Divine Providence. President Washington forwarded the Order's proposal to Congress, which referred the matter to a committee.

On January 5, 1784 the committee which had been established to consider the Order’s approach finally reported to Congress. Its conclusions are recorded in the Congressional record:

Resolved, That the late Commander in Chief, be requested to inform the Chevalier Jean de Heintz, Secretary of the Order of Divine providence, that Congress entertain a high sense of the honour done them by that Order, in proposing to them to nominate a number of suitable persons to be created Knights of the Order of Divine Providence: but that Congress cannot, consistently with the principles of the Confederation, accept their obliging proposal.

Washington wrote directly to de Heintz to inform him of Congress' decision:

It appears to be incompatible with the principles of our national constitution to admit the introduction of any kind of Nobility, Knighthood, or distinctions of a similar nature, amongst the Citizens of our republic, yet I pray you will do me the goodness to make known to the illustrious Knights of the order of Divine providence, that we receive with the deepest gratitude and most perfect respect, this most flattering mark of their attention and approbation.

It took 200 years, but the Order of Saint Joachim has finally planted its banner in the New World.

For additional information about the U.S. Commandery of The Order of Saint Joachim, including admission inquiries, please contact the Commander. H.E. LCol The Chevalier Zack can be reached by email at: zack@stjoachimorder.org.