Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria consisting of two horizontal stripes: red and white. The colours of the new Galician flag, which remained in use until the dissolution of this kingdom in 1918, had resembled the white and red Polish flag adopted in 1831 by the Polish Parliament. Miller claims that the flag of Galicia consisted of the two stripes: amaranth and white, but the official Austro-Hungarian publication "Wappenrolle" (1898) clearly features the flag of Galicia in red and white. In "Wappenrolle" there is a picture of an amaranth and white flag, used unofficially, and described as "the national colours of the Poles" ("Nationalfarben der Polen)",
Polish National Flag Day was introduced to the Marshal on the amendments to the Act on the emblem, colours and anthem of the Polish Republic which established National Polish Flag Day. According to the justification of the law introducing the holiday, the choice of May 2 was not accidental - it was supposed to be the day when Poles had a moment of reflection on Polish history, to fill in the free day between two national holidays, and to underline celebration of the . In the course of legislative work, the Senate of the Republic of Poland, in its Resolution of 12 February 2004,