Presentations Fight under every banner, except the white flag… In the history of Poland, the rustle of silk dresses has often mingled with the rustle of silk banners — fabric intended to be used for clothing was often used to produce insurrectional banners. Our history has been written by crossed sabres hung on Persian fabrics in mansions belonging to noblemen, and by gorgets placed on whitewashed walls. In palaces and manors the symbols of the past were tournament armours and horse tacks, while at small cottages and huts there were modest peaked cups (Polish: konfederatka) and upright placed scythes, when there was a need to support Tadeusz Kościuszko. All hearts beat for the homeland, no matter if they were hidden under the buckler of a knight, the sheepskin coat of an insurgent or a legionary, or the shirt of the Home Army’s soldier. However, they have not always been beating amicably. It just so happened that they brought harm to the Most Serene Republic of Poland. |
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