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In solidarity, Poles buy flowers to help struggling vendors

by Monika Scislowska
| November 2, 2020 7:09 AM

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Driven by new solidarity, Poles have been buying armloads of chrysanthemums to help out flower vendors who unexpectedly faced bankruptcy when the government ordered all cemeteries locked due to COVID-19 during a traditional memorial weekend.

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