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Poland's tribute to America. Old Glory flies over Warsaw, as a testimonial to America which is the model of the new republic, Poland this year declared America's Independence Day a national holiday. The celebration, a demonstration before American Red Cross personnel and either Americans in Warsaw, was one which has never been surpassed in the United States for enthusiasm. All day long the Stars and Stripes floated from the tower of the city hall in Warsaw, Poland's capital, and all day thousands of children marched through the great plaza beneath the flag and before the replica of the Statue of Liberty which was erected on the high balcony of the opera. The celebration is shown in detail in the Red Cross motion picture film "Poland's tribute to America"
Poland's tribute to America. This is the first of the delegation of 20,000 Polish children who marched in Warsaw on July 4 in honor of America, whose Independence Day has been made a national holiday by Poland. One by one the schools marched into the square before the Opera until the entire plaza was filled with enthusiastic youngsters shouting and singing before the replica of the Statue of Liberty which was erected in the high balcony of the opera, which constituted the reviewing stand for American Red Cross workers and other citizens of the nation being honored
Poland's tribute to America. Warsaw's skyline, gleaming across the wide vistula, is one of the most famous in Europe. Its quaint old roofs blend with the new and modern structures and over all towers the domes of the great Russian cathedral of Alexander Nevski. It was to remove this Russian note from the Polish architecture in the skyline that the Poles at first planned to destroy the cathedral after the war. The plan was changed, however and the great domes will remain as a part of Warsaw's skyline
Poland's tribute to America. Americans at heart, Warsaw's prettiest girls, carrying American flags were members of the entertainment committee which cared for Americans on the Fourth of July when Poland celebrated independence day in honor of America The girls welcomed the Americans in the balcony of the National Opera, while a double row of smaller girls lining the stairway to the baclony, strewed flowers over the steps as the Americans came in. The great difficulty in obtaining American flags did not prevent many being in evidence, for scores of families had them among their treasured possessions and flew them from the windows as the morning of the Fourth dawned
Poland's tribute to America. Miss Liberty in Poland, the Statue of Liberty held up her light on July 4 as brightly in Warsaw, Poland's capital, as she did in the harbor of New York. A replica of the famous statue was erected on the balcony of the National Opera on Independence Day, which is now a national holiday with the Poles. The celebration this year was arranged as a testimonial to the Americans of the Red Cross, the embassy and other organizations now in Poland. The square before the opera was the scene of the celebration and the balcony was the reviewing stand for Americans
Poland's tribute to America. The Avenue third of May, formerly Alleja Jeruzalemski, is the favorite promenade of Warsaw people on summer afternoons. At the end of the street is the great Nikolai bridge nearly a half mile long, spanning the Vistula. The street is wide and well paved and is lined with parks and shade trees. The new name of the street was bestowed in honor of Poland's "Constitution Day," May 3
Poland's tribute to America. Symbol of a dynasty, the famous Jagielle statue in Cracow, the old capital of Poland is the greatest existing symbol of Poland's greatest dynasty of Kings. It was under the Jagielle family which came by marriage to the throne, that Poland reached the distinction of a European power. The kings were wise and brave and at the end of the succession Poland had been established in the face of the hostility of surrounding nations. In the decline which followed the remarkable line of rules, , came the events which finally partitioned the country. Cracow the old capital was only regained by Poland when the nation was set up again in 1918 after the war
Poland's tribute to America. Warsaw's Russian church, in their desire to eliminate everything Russian, Poles, since the war, at first planned to tear down the magnificient cathedral of Alexander Nevski, a great edifice erected during the Russian domination in the hope that the religion of the Poles could be changed. After tearing the dome from the bell tower, however, the policy of the government was changed and the beautiful piece of architecture will now remain and probably will become a national museum. In this cathedral on July 4 was held the service at which blessings were invoked upon the Americans who have helped Poland by relief work during the past two years during which the country has been struggling to establish itself as a nation
Poland's tribute to America. Lovers in marble and life, the fountain place in Lazienki park is the favorite spot for lovers in the city of Warsaw, Poland's present capital. Here, too, are some excellent groups in marble, typifying mythical love stories. The beauty of the park, the finest in Warsaw is one of the many results of the artistic nature of the Polish people who in spite of adverse conditions for centuries, have maintained a high standard of culture, except in the poorest classes
Poland's tribute to America. The rag pickers in the old quarter of Poland's capital, Warsaw, in slum-life which makes the east side of New York seem a luxurious place. Nearly half the population is crowded into the quarter known as the old city, but which is really the slums, although it does not form that large a percentage of the area of the city by a great measure. The rag pickers in the market place of the old quarter are among those who spend their lives in squalor. This section of the city is shown in the Red Cross travel story "Poland's tribute to America"
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Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Paris Office.
Group title: Motion pictures.
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
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