Poles celebrate coronation of 1st king at march supporting conservative presidential candidate
WARSAW, Poland — Poles traveled from across the country to the nation's capital for a patriotic demonstration Saturday celebrating 1,000 years since the coronation of the first Polish king. They danced the Polonaise in historic costumes, sang the national anthem, invoked their Catholic beliefs and chanted slogans in support of a conservative candidate running in next month's presidential election.
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