page_title: Grajewo
section_title: Post-war period
hierarchical_section_title: Grajewo / History / Post-war period
context_page_description: Grajewo Belarusian: Граева is a town in north-eastern Poland with 21,499 inhabitants. It is situated in the Podlaskie Voivodeship; previously, it was in Łomża Voivodeship. It is the capital of Grajewo County. It is located within the historic region of Masovia, near the border with Podlachia and Masuria.
context_section_description: On May 8, 1945, the anti-communist Home Army seized the buildings of the communist Public Security in Grajewo and freed over 100 prisoners.
  In 1967, the Dairy Plant in Grajewo was established. Over time, as Mlekpol, it became one of the largest dairy cooperatives in Poland. In 2016, the first Milk Museum in Poland was opened in Grajewo.
  In 1990, the Independence Monument was unveiled in the city center.
  In 2000, President Aleksander Kwaśniewski visited Grajewo. A few years later, in 2006, Grajewo was visited by Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński, whose father was born in the town.
caption: Independence Monument from 1990 in the town center
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