The chosen date was completely not accidental. On this day, the Day of the Polish Diaspora and Poles Abroad is also celebrated. It is the Polish national symbols, and especially the flag, that unites millions of Poles living outside Poland. This day was also supposed to break with the symbolism of Poland while ruled by communists. The authorities of the People’s Republic of Poland practically did not agree to any celebrations of the Constitution of May 3 of 1791. Therefore, it was on the 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0of May that Polish flags that were hung on the occasion of the Labor Day on May 1, were demonstratively removed from the public space. The communist authorities did not want to allow any celebration of the anniversary of the first Polish constitution.<\/p>\n Despite this fact, activists of the Polish opposition gathered together on May 3 for masses solemnly celebrated in Polish churches with the intention of the Fatherland. After the services, participants marched to symbolic places commemorating patriotic events in the history of Poland. As a rule, the communist authorities tried to prevent these marches by sending forces of Law Enforcement (ZOMO) against the defenseless and peaceful people. During the pacification, defenseless participants were beaten and arrested. Some of them received prison sentences or were dismissed from work only for participating in a demonstration raising a white-red national flag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was in February 2004 that the Polish Sejm of the Republic of Poland amended the act on the emblem, national colors and anthem, introducing the holiday of Polish flag.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":16459,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history"],"yoast_head":"\n