Independence Day in the capital. The president laid the first wreaths

Today after On 8, the president laid a wreath in front of the monument to the Father of Independence, Wincenty Witos. Then Nawrocki laid wreaths in front of the monuments of the other Fathers of Independence: Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Ignacy Daszyński, Roman Dmowski, Wojciech Korfanty and Józef Piłsudski.

At At 9, with the participation of the presidential couple, a mass for the homeland began in the Temple of Divine Providence.

At noon, there will be a ceremonial briefing of the guard in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, during which the President of the Republic of Poland will speak.

In the afternoon, it is planned to lay wreaths in front of the monuments of the victims of the Smolensk Tragedy of 2010, President Lech Kaczyński and Marshal Józef Piłsudski.

Independence March - record attendance?

At Today, at 2:30 p.m., the Independence March organized by the Independence March association will take place through the streets of Warsaw.

This year's slogan is "Poles are hosts in Poland". Participants will set off from Rondo Dmowskiego, walk along Aleje Jerozolimskie, over the Poniatowski Bridge to the grounds of the National Stadium.

According to the president of the association, Bartosz Malewski, this year's march may be record-breaking.

I won't be surprised if there are half a million of us, the organizer emphasized. Politicians from Confederation, Rozwoju Plus and PiS, including Jarosław Kaczyński and the party's leadership, announced their participation in the event.

Donald Tusk in Szczecin, Speaker of the Sejm in Kraków

Prime Minister Donald Tusk celebrates on November 11 in Szczecin, where he will take part in the baptism and flag-raising ceremony on the "Bursztyn Unity" ferry.

Marshal of the Sejm Włodzimierz Czarzasty is in Krakow, where he will lay a wreath on the grave of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic, Ignacy Daszyński, and light a candle at the site of Saturday's tragic events.

National Independence Day commemorates the transfer of the supreme command of the Polish army to Józef Piłsudski by the Regency Council on November 11, 1918. The holiday was established in 1937, abolished in 1945 and restored in 1989.

Since then, November 11 has been a day off from work.