The inhabitants of Warsaw placed yellow tulips in front of the Presidential Palace to honor the memory and pay tribute to the first woman Maria Kaczyńska, who died in the crash at Smolensk on 10 April 2010. The presidential minister Katarzyna Pawlak-Mucha participated in this tradition.
On 10 April 2010, 96 people died in the Tu-154M plane crash in Smolensk, among them: president Prof. Lech Kaczyński with his wife Maria, last president of Poland in exile Ryszard Kaczorowski and another personalities. The Polish delegation went on to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Katyn crime.
On 13 April 2010, a coffin with the body of the first woman was brought to Warsaw. At that time, the compatriots said goodbye to Maria Kaczyńska with a carpet made of yellow tulips arranged in Krakowskie Przedmieście, which later became a tradition.
We remember perfectly how 14 years ago, on the first anniversary of the Smolensk tragedy, the Warsaw city services removed the "illegal" tulips, the favourite flowers of Maria Kaczyńska, the spontaneous arrangement by Poles along Krakowskie Przedmieście – the way which in 2010 took the conduct with Her coffin. We remember, that's why we put them again all year. I was there then, in 2011, and present it's an honor that I can submit them on behalf of the President.
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