The President of the Institute of National Remembrance, Karol Nawrocki,Ph.D. addressed the participants of the event in a letter read out by his Deputy, Mateusz Szpytma, Ph.D.:

- (…) We should also recall those "Solidarity" activists who found themselves in places of isolation in Nowy Łupków or Uherce. Their actions contributed to the opening of this gate. Undoubtedly, it was also opened by representatives of artistic and alternative circles, who came here to find a substitute of freedom among the beauty of the Bieszczady region. The Monument to the People of Freedom and Solidarity in Wołosate depicts the history of the above mentioned people and their contribution to the opening wide of the gate of freedom to our Homeland. Thanks to them, Poland is a free and independent country inhabited by wonderful people who greatly value freedom.

I would like to congratulate everyone who contributed to the erection of this commemoration and I am proud that the Institute of National Remembrance, which significantly supported the creation of this work, could honor the people who, here in the Bieszczady Mountains, opened the gate of freedom and solidarity for our Homeland - Poland. - emphasized Karol Nawrocki, Ph.D.

The monument dedicated to the People of Freedom and Solidarity from the Bieszczady Mountains Fighting for Freedom, Dignity and Sovereign Poland was co-financed by the Institute of National Remembrance. It presents a winged gate, which is a symbol of a gate to freedom, through which you can see the Tarnica Mountain. The monument is dedicated to people fighting for freedom in the times of the Polish People's Republic and is a symbol of the Bieszczady Mountains as the land of freedom.

The ceremony organized by the Bieszczady Poviat, the IPN and the Bieszczady National Park was preceded by a Mass at St. Anna's church in Ustrzyki Górne.