Today is celebrated Flag Day Poland. Feast was established novella of the Act of 2004 on the coat of arms, Colors and Anthem of the Republic of Poland. It is celebrated between the holidays: May 1 – Labour Day and May 3 – Feast of the Constitution.
Historically, the Polish national colors derived from the coat color coat of arms of the Polish Kingdom and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The symbolism of white Polish flag comes from the white eagle, which is the emblem of Polish and white Pursuit – a knight galloping on a horse, which is the emblem of Lithuania. Both the emblem can be found on red backgrounds coats of arms. Therefore, on the flag he was white at the top, because in Polish heraldry is more important than the background color of the emblem.
At noon in the courtyard of the Presidential Palace will take place solemn ceremony to raise the flag and flag representatives of organizations and institutions and people who They preach patriotism and promote Poland in the world.
During the ceremony, flags collect, among other things: The Anna Dymna Despite everything, the Foundation ITAKA Centre for Missing People, Polish Humanitarian Action, Foundation for Jasiek Mela Beyond Horizons, WWF Poland, Klub Gaja and the Association of Volunteer Fire Brigades. Flags of the President of Poland also collect the traveler and journalist Elizabeth Dzikowska and Beata Pawlikowska.
Later, the Polish President will open at the Krakow suburb photo exhibition “White-red off-road”. This fourth edition of the exhibition organized as part of the White-czerwona.org. In this year of the exhibition they will follow in the footsteps of what they left and leave the Poles around the globe. It brings will make Polish explorers, builders – such as Ernest Malinowski, researchers primitive cultures – as Bronislaw Malinowski. The photographs will also be recalled silhouettes of travelers who have blazed new trails and a shared their stories of faraway places – such as Richard Badowski, Tony Halik and Elizabeth Dzikowska, Ryszard Czajkowski, Wlodzimierz Puchalski and many others.
In the hours after 14.00 to 18.00 Presidential Palace will be open to visitors. You will be able to see the places where the President of the Republic is working and welcomes, among others, Column Hall, Hall Images, White Hall. The Hall of Chorągwianej will see a reprint of the Constitution of May 3, and art lovers will be able to see the Polish Painting Gallery from the collection of the National Museum in Krakow, referring to the history of our country from Thaddeus Kosciuszko until the time of Solidarity – paintings can be seen in prestigious halls of the Palace. Before the building will be restored Cadillac became 355D, brought to the Polish in 1935 for Marshal Jozef Pilsudski.
| AP | telewizjarepublika.pl, prezydent.pl |
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