The Polish Army festival in Wielkopolska is celebrated on 15 August in Poznań, Gniezno, Turwi and Kalisz. In Poznań, the Armored Weapons Museum invites from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Gniezno Mass starts at 9 a.m. and celebrations at 10.30 p.m. It's a lesson that safety starts with memory.
Wielkopolska Christmas Dimension
Radio Poznań announces that the celebrations in the region include Poznań, Gniezno, Turew and Kalisz. This is not just a local event calendar. The celebration of the Polish Army reminds us that the army is not a decoration of the state, but 1 of the conditions of its existence. Without memory of the 1920 victory, it is easy to bring safety to equipment, procedures and conference passwords.
Ministry of Defence reminds methat this year's celebration is on the 106th anniversary of the conflict of Warsaw. Warsaw has its own central parade and sea parade in Gdynia, but the strength of Christmas is besides measured by whether it is present outside the capital. Wielkopolska gives a simple answer: memory is to live in cities, towns, museums, churches and soldier graves.
Poznań shows equipment and history
In Poznań the main place of household gathering with the army is the Armored Weapons Museum. The facility has announced event on 15 August from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with free introduction, participation of reconstruction groups, demonstrations and launch of military equipment and armored quizzes. This is simply a good model of celebration: the kid sees a tank, the parent explains the story, and the conversation about the army descends from the screen of the telephone to a circumstantial square.
The city of Poznań in the weekend gathering besides points to the outdoor exhibition “Mieczysław Białkiewicz. A witness of history", prepared by the Jan Karski Institute of War Losses. specified themes are crucial due to the fact that they show continuity. Polish defence does not start with the latest acquisition and does not end with a photograph from the parade. It grows from the experience of those who chose to service in hard times.
Anger at the graves of the defenders
Anger puts a stronger emphasis on prayer and memory. The City Office in Gniezno gave, that at 9.00 a.m. the Mass will be celebrated in the garrison church at Chrobry Street, and at 10.30 a.m. authoritative celebrations will begin at the cemetery at Witkowska Street, at the graves of participants of the Polish-bolshevik War. There was besides a plan for inflammation and the laying of flowers under the plaque and on the graves of soldiers.
This is the right order. First God, graves and names. Then the show, the picnic and the peas. A nation that turns this order rapidly turns an army vacation into a festival without content. And Poland needs something the opposite: seriousness, gratitude and a sober conviction that freedom is not kept by declarations alone.
Turew and Kalisz in the same memory map
According to Radio Poznań, the ceremony was besides planned in Turwia and Kalisz. This is crucial due to the fact that the map of military memory cannot end with respective tv cameras in Warsaw. Local celebrations are frequently more modest, but thus more natural. There, people know which grave they're standing at and whose name they're reading.
Wielkopolska has a peculiar right to specified a tone. This is the land of organic work, the creation of Wielkopolska, soldier's stubbornness and cold realism. Today's lesson is similar: if we want to Polish army grew stronger, we must build not only budget and equipment, but besides social service facilities. A soldier doesn't come from a vacuum. It grows out of home, school, parish, local memory and respect for uniform.
Rate for Poland
The celebration of the Polish Army makes clear today. Poland lies where past does not forgive weakness. Russian imperialism is taking place in the east, and in Europe there are besides frequently comfortable spells about peace at no cost, and any elites would most gladly give real decisions to transnational structures. In a planet like this, an army is simply a tool of sovereignty.
Therefore, on 15 August in Wielkopolska, they are more than respective points of the program. This is simply a reminder that the safety of Poles begins with the memory of those who defended the states, and from raising subsequent generations to responsibility. Without that, the most costly equipment will only be steel. With memory and will, he becomes the shield of the nation.
Source: Radio Poznań, Ministry of National Defence, Armored Weapons Museum in Poznań, Municipal Office in Gniezno, Poznan.pl.
Source: Radio Poznań
