Posted on Nov 11, 2023
Polish nationalists hold Independence Day march in Warsaw after voters reject their worldview
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Tens of thousands of people walked through Warsaw on Saturday in a march organized by nationalist groups as Poland celebrated its Independence Day holiday, 105 years after the nation regained its statehood at the end of World War I.
Participants carried Poland’s white-and-red flag and some burned flares as they marched along a route leading from the city center to the National Stadium.
While many patriotic events take place across the nation of 38 million on Nov. 11, the yearly Independence March has come to dominate news coverage because it has sometimes been marred by xenophobic slogans and violence.
Participants carried Poland’s white-and-red flag and some burned flares as they marched along a route leading from the city center to the National Stadium.
While many patriotic events take place across the nation of 38 million on Nov. 11, the yearly Independence March has come to dominate news coverage because it has sometimes been marred by xenophobic slogans and violence.
Polish nationalists hold Independence Day march in Warsaw after voters reject their worldview
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Donald Tusk, the winning coalition’s candidate to be the next prime minister, appealed for national unity in a message on X, stressing that the holiday is one that belongs to all Poles.
“If someone uses the word nation to divide and sow hatred, he is acting against the nation,” said Tusk, who did not join the march. “Today our nation is celebrating independence. The whole nation, all of Poland.”
The Independence Day holiday celebrates the restoration of Poland’s national sovereignty in 1918, at the end of World War I and after 123 years of rule by Prussia, Austria and Russia.
“For us, Poles, this day of Nov. 11 is a day of joy, a day of pride, a day of glory, a day when we remember with emotion that after 123 years of non-existence, our country, Poland, was reborn,” said President Andrzej Duda in a speech at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier."
..."Donald Tusk, the winning coalition’s candidate to be the next prime minister, appealed for national unity in a message on X, stressing that the holiday is one that belongs to all Poles.
“If someone uses the word nation to divide and sow hatred, he is acting against the nation,” said Tusk, who did not join the march. “Today our nation is celebrating independence. The whole nation, all of Poland.”
The Independence Day holiday celebrates the restoration of Poland’s national sovereignty in 1918, at the end of World War I and after 123 years of rule by Prussia, Austria and Russia.
“For us, Poles, this day of Nov. 11 is a day of joy, a day of pride, a day of glory, a day when we remember with emotion that after 123 years of non-existence, our country, Poland, was reborn,” said President Andrzej Duda in a speech at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier."
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