On May 11th, 1918, Poland regained her independence in the wake of the First World War, and it’s a day the Catholic nation has celebrated ever since. Contributor Paul Suski sent along the following video of the national march, perhaps the largest in the nation’s history. Unlike the riots in France and the rest of Europe, this one was filled with joy, peace, families and patriots, rejoicing in the glory of their country, all that is true, good and beautiful in the history of Poland. Fitting, perhaps, that we post this today, on the feast of one of her patrons, Saint Stanislaus Kostka. May Poland’s many saints and martyrs continue to intercede for her in the troubles she now faces.
