After 230 years, Polish-Lithuanian Constitution underscores international ties

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May 3 is celebrated as an official holiday, both in Poland, pictured in 2014, and in Lithuania.
On May 3, 1791, 230 years ago, in Warsaw, the Sejm (Parliament) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth adopted the Constitution, which became the world’s second and Europe’s first written constitution. It was shaped by both Enlightenment thought and local political experience in the Polish-Lithua...

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