Friday, July 3, 2009

4 June - 20th anniversary


The 20th anniversary of Solidarity was celebrated in the town square and national television stations covered the events all day long. There were camera crews in Kraków where the POL party and government officials welcomed European Union officials to the celebration. Later in the day, the delegation traveled to Gdańsk to join President Kaczyński in an evening celebration. Luminaries, of course, included Lech Wałęsa. Here is Tomasz Sarnecki's famous Solidarity poster "W samo południe 4 czerwca 1989" (High Noon June 4th 1989). Gary Cooper, the sheriff from the poster, carries a ballot paper instead of a gun - a symbol of a peaceful revolution and wears a Solidarity logo above his sheriff's badge.