Poles celebrated Poland’s National Flag Day in towns, cities and villages all over the country.

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The main celebrations took place in Warsaw, with the participation of President Andrzej Duda and the First Lady, Agata Kornhauser-Duda.



The national flag was raised on the clock tower of Warsaw’s Royal Castle. The presidential couple also gave the Polish colours to the citizens of Poland’s capital.



“The Polish flag has its unusual, historical aspect,” the President said. “[The flag] has the power to unite and to create the community,” he added.



Another event that took place in Warsaw was the afternoon’s White-and-Red Procession that went through the central streets of the city.



The organisers said that the march is “an opportunity for Poles to manifest their love for Poland and their local homelands.” More than 1,300 people took part in the procession.



In the morning, the Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki took part in the ceremonial hoisting of the state flag on a building of the Zachodnio-Pomorskie Provincial Office in Szczecin, north-western Poland. He also met with scouts, veterans and activists of the anti-communist opposition.



National Flag Day was also celebrated in Gdynia, northern Poland. The official observances took place in the harbour, in front of the Polish destroyer ORP Błyskawica which served in the Polish Navy during WWII. The ceremony involved the authorities of the city, MPs, representatives of the Polish Navy, as well as citizens and tourists. Participants of the White-and-Red Procession in Warsaw. Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka

A one-hundred-metre long flag was unveiled in the city of Radom, central Poland, to celebrate National Flag Day. Jerzy Zawodnik, the deputy mayor of the city, said that this year’s observances, apart from their recreational character, also had an educational aspect. “It has also shown that the citizens of Radom are the community,” he stressed. The deputy mayor emphasised the importance of flying flags over national holidays.



In the city of Łódź, also central Poland, the Oak of Freedom was planted at the premises of the local department of the Supreme Audit Chamber (NIK).



“In Polish tradition, oak is a symbol of something permanent and stable. We would like that everything Poland has achieved, sovereignty, independence and security, was as sustainable as this oak,” Krzysztof Kwiatkowski, the head of NIK, said.



National Flag Day has been celebrated since 2004. It aims to popularise knowledge about Polish identity and national symbols.