RIP Lech and Maria.
Posted on 04/10/2020 3:08:55 PM PDT by dfwgator
Because of the coronavirus outbreak, Poland's ruling conservative government has held scaled-back commemorations marking the 10th anniversary of a plane crash in Russia that killed then-Polish President Lech Kaczynski and other high-ranking officials.
Only a small group of senior officials, including Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the twin brother of the late president and head of the conservative Law and Justice Party (PiS), and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, attended the wreath-laying ceremony at the Warsaw monument at the exact moment that the plane crashed on April 10, 2010, in the western Russian city of Smolensk.
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RIP Lech and Maria.
A truly sad day. Memory eternal.
He was a good man, fought back a lot of tears that day.
I don’t know what side to come down on as far as what happened. It was a horrible tragedy either way.
The Russians have some history of murdering Polish officials or officers.
That's an understatement. This is something that will never be taught in schools.
It’s been 10 years already? Holy man.
I remember a friend I had in Poland telling me that everyone was playing Chopin in mourning.
More victims of Putin
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