More than a thousand Poles who resided in Belgium were present at the inauguration. Children in traditional dress are the offspring of Polish liberators. The "Polish Millennium Committee" was the co-organizer of the festivities.

The monument was erected at a place called 'Parklaan' in Sint-Niklaas, with the financial support of the cities of Ieper ("Ypres"), Lokeren, Poperinge, Roeselare, Tielt and Sint-Niklaas, on the occasion of the millenium of Poland and the twentieth commemoration of the liberation of Sint-Niklaas

Inauguration of the monument, September 6, 1964.