Flower - One of the many beautiful flowers found in a flower bed in front of the parsonage of the Panna Maria (Mother Mary)Polish Catholic Church in Panna Maria, Texas. It is the oldest Polish Community in the United States. It was founded on Christmas Eve, 1856 by those weary and dreary settlers. They walked all the way from Galveston, (a little over 200 miles) hiring mexican wagons to transport their goods. Some of them made the journey bare footed. It makes one wonder.