Today is the 15th anniversary of the Smolensk disaster. In the morning president Andrzej Duda will visit Maria and Lech Kaczyński's grave in Wawel. In the evening, the Law and Justice organizes the March of Memory, which will pass from the Warsaw Archatedra to the Presidential Palace. The highest state authorities will pay tribute to her victims, among others on Military Powązki.
President Duda of Wawel
8:00 p.m. Holy Mass in Wawel Cathedral
In the morning, Andrzej Duda will participate in the Holy Mass in Wawel Cathedral and will besides lay a wreath before the sarcophagus of the presidential couple Maria and Lech Kaczyński in the crypt on Wawel. The president's message to the media is later planned.
08:50 message by president Duda to the media
Before noon, the president will return to Warsaw, where he will lay his wreaths by the graves: the last president in exile of Ryszard Kaczorowski, Fr Józef Joniec, Fr Zdzisław Król, Fr Andrzej Kwasnik and the plaque commemorating the victims of the Smolensk catastrophe, which are in the Temple of Divine Providence.
13:00 Laying wreaths in front of the monument of the Smolensk Disaster Victims and on the graves of the victims of the disaster
The president will besides light candles in front of the 2010 Smolensk Tragedy Victims Memorial and under the monument of president Lech Kaczyński on Piłsudski Square.
8:00 p.m. Message of president Andrzej Duda on TVP
Law and Justice Anniversary Celebrations
Since early morning, the anniversary celebration in Warsaw has been planned by the Law and Justice.
8:00 p.m. – Holy Mass for the victims of the Smolensk catastrophe in the seminary church
08:41 – Appeal of Memory in front of the Presidential Palace
Later, PiS politicians will lay wreaths in front of the monuments of Lech Kaczyński and the Victims of Smolensk Disaster in Piłsudski Square. Earlier, there have been incidents, and there have been times erstwhile the wreaths were removed or destroyed by various sides of the political dispute.
Around 9.15 p.m. PiS president Jarosław Kaczyński will make a message at Piłsudski Square
Social March XIV Portraits
16:00 Social XIV March with Portraits
At 16 p.m. from Square 3 Crosses will set off the social 14th March with Portraits, to which the Association of Solidarity 2010 invites. The march will begin in front of the monument of Vincent Witos and will pass on Nowy Świat Street to Piłsudski Square and under Zygmunt's Column.
Mass for Victims and March of Memory
7:00 p.m. Mass in the intention of the victims of the disaster at the Warsaw Archaeister and the March of Memory
In the evening of 19 p.m., the Holy Mass will be held in the intention of the victims of the disaster in the Warsaw Archaeister, which will besides be attended by president Andrzej Duda and Agata Kornhauser-Duda. After Mass at the Presidential Palace, the March of Memory organized by PiS will begin
21:00 Speech by PiS president Jarosław Kaczyński
Celebrations at Military Owls
Anniversary celebrations will be held from early morning: at 8.20 p.m. – at the capital cemetery in Powązki Military, before the graves of the victims of the catastrophe. They will be attended by representatives of the families of the victims, the Sejm, the legislature – including the marshals of both Chambers – representatives of the government, including Deputy Prime Minister, the head of MON Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, as well as the president of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski. On behalf of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, the wreath on Powązki will be submitted by KPRM chief Jan Grabieć.
Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz after 9.00 will lay a wreath at the grave of Deputy Chief of MON Stanisław Komorowski at the Cemetery on civilian Powązki, and later at the grave of the head of MON, Deputy Marshal of the Sejm Jerzy Szmajdziński at the Cemetery in Warsaw Wilanów. He will besides lay a wreath at the plaque dedicated to the president of Poland, the Armed Forces Commander Lech Kaczyński and his wife Maria and the victims of the Tu-154M plane crash associated with the military and defence department, which is located in the Ministry of Defence.
At 9.45 p.m., Speakers of the Sejm and legislature Simon Holownia and Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska will lay flowers under plaques commemorating parliamentarians who died in the Smolensk disaster.
Politicians of various groups will lay flowers on the graves of victims in the country. At 8.41 p.m., a delegation from the KO club attended by a MP of Katarzyna Piekarska, Senator Jolanta Hibner and Senator Tomasz Grodzki will lay flowers at the Military Cemetery in Powązki. He will then submit flowers at 10:30 p.m. in front of plaques commemorating the victims of the crash in the Sejm and the Senate.
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