On April 12, Kraków celebrated 1 of the most crucial events in the past of our country. A 1000 years ago, in 1025 Bolesław Chrobry was crowned the first king of Poland. On this occasion, the Social Committee named Bolesław Chrobry decided to organise the celebration of this anniversary.
Celebration began with the Holy Mass in the intention of Homeland in the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the NMP on 19 Copernicus Street. Mass was celebrated in a conventional Roman ritual. Fr Grzegorz Sniadoch gave a sermon on the importance of coronation and national traditions.
The participants then went to Matejka Square, where the March of the Millennium of the Kingdom of Poland began, the central part of the celebrations. The first speech was given by Sławomir Skiba (the Association of Christian Culture by the name of Piotr Skarga), then by a typical of the Monarchical-Reaction Union. At 12 p.m., about 500 people marched down Florianska Streets, Main marketplace Square, Grodzka Street, Podzamcze, ending at Napoleon's large Army Square. During the demonstration the national anthem, “God Something Poland”, “God’s Mother” and “Young Hymn” by Jan Kasprowicz were sang. Participants chanted slogans specified as "The Chrobry Sword, the White Eagle - these are our ideals" or "From Gievont to Hel- strong Poland is our goal" - referring to the ideals of Bolesław Chrobry, which was to make his state sovereign and strong. The march was attended by banner message of Kraków advanced schools and any of the organisations of the Committee. A replica of the sword of Bolesław Chrobry, Szczerbc was besides carried. The march enjoyed the interest of passersby who joined the march. Representatives of reconstruction groups from different periods of Polish statehood participated in the process.
Another speech took place in Napoleon's large Army Square. The first talker was Dominik Dobrakowski, typical of the Brotherhood of Przedmorza, then the MP at the Polish Parliament Krzysztof Tuduj (National Movement), who is the president of the parliamentary panel on the 1000th anniversary of the Coronation of Bolesław Chrobry. In his speech he emphasized the importance of strong leadership in the modern world. Marcin Osowski, president of the youth patriotic organization “Youth of All Poland” spoke last. He pointed out that the Piast heritage is an thought of modernization of the state, and in our geographical position there is no place for weakness, which is frequently presented by unambiguated IIIRP politicians.
At the end of this part of the celebration, “Rota” was sung. After the march, a large part of the participants went to a conference devoted to the thought of a hub and the coronation of Chrobry in the Golden Tulip Hotel itself. It featured representatives of the planet of science, politics and media.
The Social Committee named Bolesław Chrobry, a bottom-up initiative of the City of Kings residents, is simply a broad agreement of the organizations. It was composed of the All-Polish Youth, the National Movement, the Małopolska Bunt, the Association of Christian Culture by the name of Piotr Skarga, the Brotherhood of Przedmura, the Monarchical-Reaction Union, the Freedom and independency Foundation and the Polish Academic corp Acropolia Cracoviensis. The intent of his appointment was to commemorate Chrobry's coronation. Organizers are satisfied with the attendance and form of the event.
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