Thousands join Independence Day march in Warsaw

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets for Poland's annual Independence Day march in the capital Warsaw on Thursday.  Organizers said 150,000 attended the event, while Polish Press Agency reported more than 100,000 people marched.  As the organized march was drawing to a close, the atmosphere remained peaceful.

Originally a popular, massive event marking Poland's regaining sovereignty on Nov. 11, 1918, after World War I, the annual march has attracted far-right groups in recent years under Poland's right-wing government.  Nationalists from other countries have also traveled to Warsaw to take part.