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- Monday, 8 January 2024
Ceremony of Paying Tribute to the Greater Poland Insurgents on the 105th Anniversary of the Capture of Ławica Airport
We invite you to the celebration of the 105th Anniversary of the Conquest of Ławica Airport, which will take place on January 6, 2024 at the Monument to the Conquerors of Ławica, located at Bukowska Street, next to the old airport terminal. We would like to inform you that the celebrations are under the honorary patronage of the Marshal of the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The partner is the Local Government of the Greater Poland Voivodeship.
On the 105th anniversary of the capture of Ławica airport by the Greater Poland Insurgents, ceremonies will be held to pay tribute to the heroes of those difficult times and they have been divided into two parts. The official part at the Monument to the Conquerors of Ławica, during which wreaths and bouquets will be laid by invited guests and residents of Poznań, and occasional speeches will be delivered. The second part is a historical picnic, the program of which primarily includes the reconstruction of historical events from over 100 years ago. We cordially invite you to the whole thing.
Start at 12.00– the detailed program is presented below.
Celebration of the 105th Anniversary of the Capture of Ławica – Celebration program
January 6, 2024
12.00 p.m
Place: Monument to the Conquerors of Ławica at the old airport terminal (Bukowska Street)
Official part at the Monument to the Conquerors of Ławica
– Greeting guests,
– Speeches by representatives of invited guests – Representatives of City Authorities, Organizers, Organizations, Airport, US Army,
– Paying tribute and flowers at the monument,
– Paying tribute to the Greater Poland Airmen murdered in Katyn – lighting symbolic candles at the commemorative plaques at the “Oaks of Remembrance”,
– The ceremony is attended by guests invited by the organizer of the official ceremony: city authorities, representatives of the 31st Tactical Air Base and other distinguished guests, representatives of the V. US Army Corps,
– Ceremonies accompanied by flag posts and the Military Orchestra.
1:00 p.m
Place: a clearing next to the monument to the Conquerors of Ławica
Historical picnic
Capture of the Shoal (reconstruction) – 5th edition
Open party
– Welcome, presentation of the program and historical reconstruction groups,
– Reconstruction/staging of the events of the Capture of Ławica with the participation of reconstruction groups,
– Concert of patriotic and holiday songs (stage, sound system, lighting),
– Exhibition of military equipment, old vehicles (reconstruction groups),
– Show of representatives of the Poznań Uhlan Regiment,
– 2.30 p.m.: lecture in the hall of the Old Terminal “Shutters (Ławica, aviation units) 1918-1919” by Fr. Robert Kulczyński,
– Stands with military souvenirs for purchase by picnic visitors,
– Military catering: pea soup,
– Finishes around 4 p.m
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