19 October, 2008, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA), during the Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary there had place the Great Pokrovskaya Rada of Cossack of Americas. Rada was held at the Saint Nikolas Orthodox Cathedral built in the early 20th century by Cossacks from the first wave of immigration. This was a historic event because for the first time in the history of Cossacks residing abroad there were delegates - representatives of all the Cossacks living in the USA, Canada and Latin America. It was also attended by delegates representing Zaporozhie, Kuban, Don, Terek, Ural, K.N.O.D. Cossacks and Vilniy Cossacks.
USA Cossacks Ataman General, Serge Tsapenkeo, created a Cossack exhibition at the 'Show of Shows' Military Show in Lousiville Kentucky, While there he met some great US WWII veterans and heros. Among them was the Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Jack H. Lucas who fought in the battle of Iwo Jima, and Ted Van Kirk, who was the pilot navigator of the Enola Gay bomber who navigated the crew to their target in Hiroshima and ended the war with Japan. Also, many other famous veterans were there. The Ataman had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with one of the most famous and enigmatic US veterans known in the USA, US Marine Drill instructor R. Lee Ermey.
