National Holidays
The following are national holidays in Poland, although they are normally working days:
- April 13 - World's Day of Remembrance for Victims of Katyn Massacre
- May 2 - Flag Day (formally: Flag of the Republic of Poland Day, Dzień Flagi Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), the anniversary of the raising of the Polish flag in the aftermath of the battle of Berlin, 1945
- May 9 - Victory Day Narodowe Święto Zwycięstwa i Wolności, 1945
- June 28 - (since 2005) Day of Remembrance of the Poznań June 1956, on the anniversary of the Poznań 1956 protests
- August 15 - Polish Armed Forces Day, Święto Wojska Polskiego - set on day of Miracle at the Vistula
- August 28 - Day of Polish Airforce on the anniversary of victory of pilot Franciszek Żwirko and mechanic Stanisław Wigura in Challenge 1932. Formerly: from 1918 to 1932 the anniversary of first Polish Airforce flight, 5 November, and during communist times, 23 August - first engagement by Polish airforce in the East
- August 31 - Day of Solidarity and Freedom, on the anniversary of August Agreement from 1980
- October 14 - Day of National Education (formerly Day of the Teacher), on the anniversary of the founding of the Komisja Edukacji Narodowej (Commission of National Education)
- October 16 - Day of Pope John Paul II
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