Poland Buries A President

Hearses with the coffins of the late Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria arrive at the Market square for a mass in Krakow, Poland Sunday, April 18, 2010. The funeral of Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria started in Krakow on Sunday in southern Poland. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

A Somber Poland Lays Lech Kaczynski To Rest -- L.A. Times

The president, killed with 95 others in a plane crash, is buried alongside Poland's most revered figures after a funeral Mass and procession to the nation's most sacred cathedral in Krakow.

Reporting from Krakow, Poland, and Moscow
Polish President Lech Kaczynski was laid to rest in a centuries-old crypt Sunday alongside the remains of some of the most revered figures in this nation's often tragic history.

The funeral Mass and procession to the nation's most sacred cathedral put a somber end to a week of mourning in Poland. Kaczynski and his wife were killed last weekend when the presidential plane clipped a tree and crashed while landing at a fog-shrouded provincial Russian airport. Many top Polish military officials, lawmakers and leading figures from the nation's recent history also died in the crash.

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