Pride and joy from the Polish community. Flag Day of the Republic of Poland and the celebration of Polish and Polish abroad

On 2 May we celebrate Flag Day – a vacation established by the amendment of the Act on the emblem, colours and anthem of the Republic of Poland. In February 2004, the Sejm decided that the national symbol of the flag deserves its day on the calendar. The amendment abolished the restrictions imposed by the Polish People's Republic authorities at worktimes. Restrictions aimed at preventing protests against the then national power. The amendment standardized the legal state in specified a way that the usage of the national flag became possible not only during public holidays and in certain conditions, but in any situation with due reverence and respect.

Flag celebration is simply a day of symbolic significance, resembling our past and national tradition. Polish national colours date back to the Piast dynasty and are associated with Polish coat of arms – white eagle on a red background. The eagle appeared on coins already during the reign of Bolesław Chrobry. The colours of the Polish banner were not accidental: white symbolized spiritual purity and nobility, and red – fire and blood. White and red besides corresponded with the coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
The white-red colour illustration was first utilized as a symbol of Poland in 1792, on the first anniversary of the Constitution's adoption on 3 May. The chronicles say that during the celebrations the contestants wore white dresses, girded with red ribbons, and high-ranking white-red sash officials. In this way, it was referred to Pogoni and the white eagle on a red background, which had been visible on royal banners since the mediate Ages. Bows in white and red colours besides appeared during the November Uprising in 1830–1831. The formal acceptance of white and red as national colours took place only in 1831 by the Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland. The flag design, 2 horizontal stripes – white on top and red on the bottom – was officially approved by the Sejm in 1919, just after Poland regained independence.

On 2 May, he was chosen not accidentally for the flag festival: on that day in 1945, Polish soldiers participating in the capture of Berlin suspended the Polish flag on the Reichstag and on the column in Großer Tiergarten. In addition, on the second of May, Polish and Polish Day is celebrated behind the Border. Although scattered around the world, Poles always unite around white and red colors and always usage them proudly during holidays, patriotic celebrations or sports competitions. The second day of May besides brings back memories from the times of alleged People's Poland. At the time, it was incorrect for the authorities to mention the anniversary of the Constitution 3 May. On the eve of May 2, the flags must have been put out of public space on the occasion of early labour Day. On 3 May, it was a simple working day and the sight of flags on buildings and before them could not remind Poles of the anniversary of an crucial event for them. The Polish Flag Day has thus besides become a kind of introduction to the third-year celebrations.

According to the Constitution, national colours are subject to legal protection. State flag deserves respect. In Poland, the Polish state flag always takes precedence over all another flags. If more flags are displayed on masts, then the State flag of the Republic of Poland is raised first and leaves the last.

On May 2, 2024, the talker of the Sejm Simon Holovnia announced in his message that all period the flag flying over the building of the Sejm would be handed over to the institution liable for our security: the military unit, the fire brigade, or the police. Polish flags will besides go to schools as part of the action launched by the Marshal Holovnia, and are transferred to Scout camps. White-red given by the Sejm besides hit the vicinity of both poles of the Earth - it flies over Polish investigation stations in Spitsbergen and Antarctica.

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