This sculpture honors Father Popieluszko and the spirit of the Polish people. Father Popieluszko was a Roman Catholic priest who lived in Poland and was an ardent supporter of the Polish Solidarity Movement during the Soviet occupation of Poland. He was murdered in 1984 found beaten with his hands bound after ignoring threats to stop his popular anti Soviet sermons from his North Warsaw Church. 

See also: American Commemoration of Solidarity Chaplain in Greenpoint (published in Polish Weekly, November 23, 2024)