Red and white became the official colours of Poland as late as in 1919. The appearance of the Polish flag was inscribed in the law about the coats of arms and colours of the Polish Second Republic.

Celebrated annually on May 2 since 2004, Poland's Flag Day “commemorates the history of the Polish national colours, symbols and patriotic traditions,” the government said.

A group of soldiers knelt in a forest of southern Poland in the fall of 1939 and buried several flags. They’d been defeated by invading Nazi German forces but didn’t want anything to happen to ...

Poland celebrated May 2 as National Flag Day and the Day of the Polish Diaspora and Poles Abroad with a series of events planned across the country to mark both occasions.

Greetings from Warsaw, Poland, where the flags are flying ahead of a key election By Rob Schmitz Published May 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM EDT Jackie Lay ...

A group of soldiers knelt in a forest of southern Poland in the fall of 1939 and buried several flags. They’d been defeated by invading Nazi German forces but didn’t want anything to happen to ...