Poland celebrates Independence Day

Historians say that today's Poland is the most independent, wealthiest and safest Poland since the 17th century, President Andrzej Duda said in his speech at Pilsudskiego Square in Warsaw on Monday, as the country marked its Independence Day. The main ceremonies took place in Warsaw's central square that bears the name of Marshal Jozef Pilsudski, the mastermind of Poland's 1918-regained independence. The ceremonies started with the singing of the national anthem. It was sung simultaneously in several hundred locations throughout Poland and abroad. Apart from the president, the observances were also attended by PM Mateusz Morawiecki, Sejm (lower house) and Senate Speakers Elzbieta Witek and Stanislaw Karczewski, respectively, government, army and church officials as well as Poles from all over Poland.